There are additional strategies, implementation tips and reporting guidelines, all designed to provide a legal way to reduce your taxes, and still sleep at night.

David,Quick question, whats you take on Real Estate investors jumping into the business, "Learning -As-They -Go", over spending some time educating themselves to THEN implement what they've learned?...

They are either ignorant of or ignoring the law.The ordinance is commonly implemented in student housing areas due most likely to home owner complaints.

I had a suggestion yesterday and they said they would implement it. 

I'm curious to hear what others in real estate have to say about this issue, because I'd like to start using social media effectively as it applies to real estate investing.My day job is doing lead generation for B2B companies using LinkedIn, and their biggest struggles are: cutting through the noise, getting clear on their messaging, finding their prospects on social media, creating systems/metrics to track what's working and not, and having someone to actually implement their strategy for them. 

You can learn about RUBS and how to calculate by clicking HERE This is a company that I found with a simple google search that offers to implement RUBS for you. 

Any advice on implementing a pet deposit?

Please excuse my ignorance, but could you implement a RUBS program rather than physically splitting the meters?

If you are able to implement a real estate professional status tax strategy (REP) you can use passive losses from syndication deals to lower your ordinary W2 income.

There are a lot of other options out there, some of which may be simpler to implement though not by much.I also use a free Thawte certificate (www.thawte.com).