I am not an accountant and u should speak with yours, but this being an educational event, u should be able to claim it as educational costs.

if i have the space and opening, i always provide DW. most people these days are coming from their homes, where they HAD a DW. cant tell u how many times i have heard "i will not rent a house that has no DW". and besides, it's $280. come on, that's cheap.GD - i always add it. it costs me $85 and takes 30 mins. i get the loud ones so they dont forget to turn it off.

Think of it this way, if you had sold the home without a completed kitchen, you would have only been able to sell to cash buyers as lenders would not finance a home without a complete kitchen and therefore, your exit value would have been much less (well below the $5k u put in).When I rehab a home, I do top quality for the area and my curb appeal and ammenities sell the home fast.

U need to be creative to find deals and u also need to have the ability to negotiate good deals.

I know you dont want to cause it gives u a bad name but I'm just curious2.

Oh ok see what u did there.

go online to search assessor site in your city begin looking for outta state owners after u type in property address.

If you walk away and your friendly when u part ways, you have a good chance over time of a some of your deals coming full circle back into your arms again later.

Great advice Karen, I would add you are a real estate salesperson so u have to sell.

You take 1000 pics over a 30 day period and sell to 5 buyers and u got 200 cash now you got the earnest money to do an assignment of contract.