With commercial insurance, there are many ways to value a building, structure coverage and set deductibles. 

Particularly with someone who is self-employed and trying to buy more property and take my legal deductions?

If it were sold through normal real estate brokerage firms, we would have to pay 6% commission, therefore I deducted 6% from the appraised value to arrive at an adjusted value  of $436,160.   

Unless you have UBIT in an IRA then you can take those deductions on that portion subject to UBIT.  

If it's any consolation, as an investor, you get to deduct the interest against your income.You seem to be missing a point.

Should I deduct the cost from their security deposit or is it considered normal wear and tear?

Hi.  I am trying to find out if I can include closing costs I am paying on behalf of the buyer in my capital gains calculation.  They want to increase the price they are paying for the home and have me pay their closi...

Hi,I am trying to decide whether to stay with Travelers and increase my deductible or switch to Steadily, which is much cheaper.

I know you deduct the standard 1/27.5th of the improvement value, $200k. 

If I owned several LTRs and STRs, I'm under the assumption those two would not mix when it comes to depreciation and tax deductions because one would be active vs passive?