These tools are available to pro and you can test drive them with a free pro trial as well.

The bottom line for me is that I drive every day.

Down the road, if the borrower is in a different situation and they want to use conventional financing, the loans that they personally guaranteed will count against their 10 properties financed when a conventional underwriter pulls a drive report. 

Start-up costs are also deductible but are amortized over 15 years with a limit of 5k.Start-up costs have strict rules and your case might not be the same as this one.Case Summary:Timeline line of eventsStarted investigating property: FebPut first contract (canceled): MayBought first property: December 30thWhether a taxpayer is engaged in a trade or business is determined using a facts and circumstances test under which courts have focused on the following three factors that indicate the existence of a trade or business:Whether the taxpayer undertook the activity intending to earn a profit;Whether the taxpayer is regularly and actively involved in the activity; andWhether the taxpayer's activity has actually commenced.On the basis investor testimony, we may assume that he undertook this activity to make a profit and that he regularly and actively engaged in it.

B. tested the unit to see if it's actually defective.

First is from roof along 3rd floor ceiling and I could not isolate source on leak test.

Here's a quick test... call the company yourself, see how long they take to answer the phone and how they answer the phone.

or it does, but there is tons of competition for it, which drives the price up. 

Here are some methods I have used so far.Free Sources:- information, or free internet search like switchboard.com- pipl.com (not too bad for free - finds social networking sites too)- Courthouse records (shows previous subpoena addresses and if they have a driving offence their date of birth in my county.