I thought of this and that's why I called CS, but when they didn't immediately say "no worries it's a mistake, we have hundreds of calls this morning on that", I concluded that can't be a bad email blast.

I had my pest control company come out to treat the problem and they concluded that we had a GERMAN ROACH infestation. 

I've found someone that I trust to handle this, so have concluded that nothing can go wrong and it will all be smooth sailing from here.

Our issue is not finding discounted properties or the cash buyers side, our issues are arising after these steps have concluded. 

You can not compare one to the other and conclude one is better or worse.

Which made him (incorrectly) conclude that you can write off all improvements in the first year.

I can only conclude that the people arguing for rent control are simply corporate shills willing to protect multi-billion dollar corporations like the Jewel grocery chain, while hammering much smaller landlords.

But like you, I after looking at this tax incentive I concluded it did offer much to small guys like me. 

Call someone later to talk about the deal they discussed, or to get a better, more complete understanding of why they did it that way, and how they did it.When you start looking at deals, in whatever interest area you have and you run across something and conclude that it won't work, maybe it won't work for you. 

He may have been jilted by a “bad” contractor in the past and has thus concluded that all contractors have the same traits.I’m now a retired GC with over 40 years in the trenches building and remodeling homes and buildings.