Does it happen mostly with internal decision making level senior executives Or external consultants like Finance Experts, Valuers, Brokers and Market Trend services data are referred as well consulted?

The home is a fixer upper and some external logs will need to replaced and treated.

In Q2 we aim to put another $5m of deals in the pipeline with partial external funding, hire an additional 7 people primarily for construction, and continue to stabilize properties purchased in Q1.

They skipped over more simple solutions like gutters and went for an external sump pump.  

Tie your identity to internal rather than external validation. 

My wired external lighting has been on a timer and turned on at night automatically for years.

He said for the extent that his camera could go he could see there was a lot of cast iron debri He suggested that I shouldn’t proceed unless the seller of the property can create access to the stack line or install a clean out for external access rather than having to rip out the toilet each time there’s an issue.

The contractor indicated that the issues with the properties are obviously and that I didn’t need to pay for a home inspection to see the major external issues or the piping issues.

Look for comps and AirDNA info yourself...the more external sources the better.

A downpayment on real property is generally not deductible, doesn't matter how you structure it.I agree with the other posters that if you are clearing $500k from your main business you should have a tax advisor as a permanent member on your team of external partners.