These are expenses incurred before your business is active, and they typically aren’t immediately deductible in full, as they are considered part of starting the business rather than ongoing operational costs.To provide more detail, according to IRS rules (as seen in the screenshot), you can deduct the lesser of $5,000 or your total startup expenditures.

I previously tried to do this and was told its against MLS rules by my broker who is on the board for North Texas.

@Andrew Steffens gives pretty good “rule of thumb” numbers.  

Would we be able to put the home in the Holding LLC since our names are directly on it (albeit a Delaware LLC meant to hide our identities)?

However (I'm an insurance agent not an attorney) the legal wrangling of the PM not taking a necessary action could set up a situation where the insurance carrier pays then subrogates back against the PM company for their inaction so the property manager should also have appropriate general liability coverage for their business.This next part can change by state and insurance carrier...Being named as lienholder or mortgagee can set up the lender being involved on the payout of any damages - say there is a fire the checks cut for damage could name the insured and lender so both parties have to agree how those funds will be used.Some carriers have a rule that if the loss amount is under a certain dollar amount the check is only cut in the owners name / if the loss exceeds a threshold (say $25k) the check is cut in both the owner and mortgagee names.Being named as loss payee is literally that - the check is cut in your name or both the insured and your name. 

No loud music, parties or anything of that kind.The house was built in 1908 and not soundproof.She said she's talked to them directly and hopes that will solve the problem, but she starts school next week and is worried about her sleep.I haven't approached the downstairs tenants yet.There is a noise clause in our House Rules, which mentions "quiet hours between 10pm and 6am", which everyone has signed.I don't want to take sides or get in the middle of this issue, but I also don't want to risk losing good tenants (on either side of the argument).Any advice would be welcome and appreciated - thanks so much!

Rule of thumb is that waiting in real estate rarely pays off. 

@Darrick Lowe, We just had a situation nearly identical to this-  Eastern PA.

Their deals are not meeting the 1% rule.

So if you don't already know about buying real estate then you're trying to learn while using an account with additional rules you need to follow.You can buy with 'non-recourse financing' but the DP and interest are higher, so you need to understand and account for that in planning your purchase.