Had not done a cost segregation study when I purchased these two homes, but understand you can calculate a value  to write off so you are not depreciating two roofs...using salvage value or producer price index.

You write well (except for the "eye trouble") and appear to be intelligent enough to test through much of a degree. 

It sounded like the way you were writing that you might be doing a lot of online research and sending out offers, but since you mentioned an agent, I wanted to check.Are you getting enough reps seeing houses to know what your offer prices should be?

@Elizabeth SouthallWhat helps for next time is: write down all of your renovations and the price you paid. $1 spent doesn't = $1 appreciation.

and that we will all be writing blogs about him.  

On the buy side I have been writing 2.5% on the seller concession to buyer broker, and haven't been countered yet.

Giving for a tax write off is giving to receive and that's not offering first fruits. 

Then people say banks do it, yes they do but they also do fractional lending which means they can create money out of thin air.They can write a $1M loan to someone with only $100,000 essentially.

Write out why you're investing and then map out goals and actions to move toward those goals. 

If you think writing a generic message will get great results, think again.