I have new head shots coming this July!

You hit the nail on the head.  

Head over to Wenatchee or Spokane and there are some super fix and hold deals as these are  strong rental markets. 

I would still suggest enlisting the services of a professional, however, as someone with more in-depth knowledge of your situation would be able to give a much more personalized and tailored answer for you.EDIT: I can only think of one reason off the top of my head where amending a previous year's return is the correct way to do something that you couldn't otherwise do when filing an original return.

Other (besides standard depreciation) off the top of head tax advantages of RE:- cash out refi gives tax deferred access to equity- 1031 for investment properties allow deferring of the gains

As @Paul Sofia said, you are a rookie playing a championship game.Pass on this, you are clearly over your head.....this could ruin you.

Thinking through the tax implications, how that changes each deals numbers, and how we'd structure those payments has my head spinning.  

Their agenda is to keep the attendees off balance so that by the end of the presentation the attendee's head is spinning with "10X" and "millions of dollars" and whatever, so that $25,000 sounds like a small number.

Perhaps he was used to working with a lenient plan reviewer at DOT and got assigned a particularly hard-headed one this time (unfortunately, that happens)?

I also wrote a review on TVC's facebook page and was reached out to, by a few of their people including Scott Myers, head of sales, who I have been in regular contact with.