My brother who has brain injury is a 100 percentdisable (not service connected) vet who I was looking to put on the deed of my new house and rent him one of the apartments would we be able to save on the taxes if we did this ??

The seller's brother had been living rent-free for about 10 years on one side. 

Don't worry brother, I feel your pain having a little less to offer here.The best use I have found for my tech skills: connections, and connections with money.

Just remember everyone and their brother who wants to get started in RE has been told that wholesaling is the way to go. 

My brother bought a house owner financed a few years ago and the property has gone up in value since then.

@Jesse Houser sounds good brother!

Hes doing other jobs with his brother who is also a contractor.

just keep knocking on doors and making phone calls, I finally got a good deal to sink my hooks in to and have your same issue, in the middle of a refi-cash out to buy this other property and the bank is throwing a wrench on the deal by asking me to pay off a car note to make the 51%DTI ratio. this bums me out but will keep pushing on until I get financing secured to nab this other property, maybe hard money to buy/fix and rent ( I am trying to avoid doing this), or maybe 203K loan, there are too many options, you need to exhaust all possibilities until you get one that fits. good luck brother.

My wifes brother in law is a firefighter in Mesa and he has said that Mesa in general is pretty rough.

My brother and I want to start our LLC here soon.