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Also lender and banks should have confirmation during purchase as well as appraiser 

I’m a member of both, as well as an agent and investor, and they’ve been great resources.Hope to meet you at an event soon and always happy to talk shop about the Milwaukee market or multi-family investing.

If you are looking to do real estate sales as well you may want to find a brokerage that hires for both at the same time, and check their credibility.  

Thank you, and that's what they explained, but without knowing as much about taxes as they do, my first thought was "well can't I reduce the number in my "repairs" line to increase the deduction "number" in my depreciation line?   

Quote from @Carson Hyland: Even if you buy the right property, failing to manage it well will kill your cash flow. 

It's works most anywhere- but not everywhere that rental real estate works well in. 

Many investors fall into this "do-it-all" trap, believing no one else can handle things as well as they can.

Watch out for egress (windows or doors) as well.  

I understand where you are coming from as we always did our taxes on turbo tax as well until we purchased rental properties.