A CRT enables you to reduce or virtually eliminate capital gains tax on the sale of an asset funding the CRT, claim an income tax deduction, receive income and make a gift to the charity or charities of your choice.

Your closing costs are not going to cost nearly as much as that PMI you are paying over the next 25 years will cost, plus some of closing costs are tax deductible and I don't believe any PMI will be tax deductible after next year.  

***My numbers are based off a cashflow of $250 per property after deducting maintenance (5%), capex (5%), vacancy (5%), and PM (10%)***

Great for major medical but large deductibles.

That means more deduction earlier and less deduction later.

You need to detail what is being deducted from their deposit, and provide them with that information, and most likely their remaining deposit back. 

Hello,I am in CA with a class A property that was delivered to tenants at time of move in with brand new sod put in. They are now moving out and their two dogs totally destroyed the grass. I asked them to replace the ...

Who gets the tax deductions? 

I am not very knowledgeable on these things and how to maximize potential deductions, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

fwiw, if you are wanting to know "tax burden" you have to look at more than income tax - as that can be made zero by deductions etc...