Now how can you qualify: -your employer can write a letter stating you are or transitioning to 100% remote worker, if this is allowed;-obtain a transfer letter with your current employer-you can get an offer letter with a new company, letter must be non-contingent, and a guaranteed salary.There are definitely multiple possibilities.

What worked yesterday may not work today, but I can guarantee there are people still buying properties and making it work.

Whether or not you can generate tax savings out of it is not guaranteed without analyzing your situation.

I could almost guarantee that every single day when I would log in to my management portal, I would see a new expense, automatically approved on the ledger.

I personally would ask the US Government, I guarantee you that their response would be that it's fraud.

It's no guarantee but it's a good place to start.

I guarantee the cost of adding a half bath is not 10x the cost of a low cost market.  

RE loans to business usually require the business owner to personally guarantee the loan. 

If you have loans on these with personal guarantees that also have your name on them then your two options really are sell the assets or buy them out -Which typically if it’s contentious will require 2-3 valuations - each party should get their own and if the numbers are not close then get an independent third party and average the numbers.

Depreciation is real, though over such a short hold it shouldn't cause serious expenses, and executing a 1031 on the GP's schedule is never guaranteed.