@Alex Penalva|  The education aspect is so important Alex.

My old PM was able to shed some light on some of the more puzzling aspects of this whole thing - things that she has heard from other property managers and her other former clients.

Be remarkable!

I hadn't really given consideration to the leverage aspect until reading your post.

as they tought us, "shoot, move, communicate"     (the order is important)Yeah, I think the volunteer aspect has a lot to do with it.I’ve realized over the years that a lot of government (and I worked for the government) and military jobs are there...for the sake of employment and nothing more.

Per the rental income I was thinking of it towards like the AirBnB aspect of it and being able to deduct utilities per square footage that's occupied by tenant.

It's durable for pets, quieter than hardwood (though it looks remarkably like hardwood) and safe for water (should any flooding ocur).

One important aspect is; What is the market value of the property? 

David, there are two aspects.1) The original deferral can be only the 15%.

A few suggestions:There is a wealth of information here on Bigger Pockets about every aspect of real estate investing you could imagine.