It wasn't worth having a claim on our insurance record, and the deductible was not close.  

They claim to work with several banks, investors etc. their website platform and BPO appears legit.  

Assuming that the offering was a securities offering, as opposed to a joint venture, we’d need to know first if the offering was a registered offering or was claiming an exemption from registration.  

Yes, you get your benefit faster by improperly claiming this an expense, BUT besides it being technically incorrect it can affect your ability to get certain kinds of financing.

Being a unwise, junior investor, I just claimed straight line depreciation for 2022 and 2023 taxes.  

I do not claim to be a professional. 

Roofer with no answers - claimed from dryer vents.

You shouldn't expect to purchase things online and then claim that they were in fact an error.

For example, I often see Buyers purchase property thinking there is a $1,000 deposit but then the tenant claims it was $2,000 because they paid the last month's rent.

He sent out a mass email with all investors bcc'd at the end of March that claimed he was going to start selling properties to service the debt, which made me hold on getting a lawyer involved.