Hi everyone -I want to thank you for your thoughtful and insightful responses.

I appreciate your response!

I sent an email to the city and received a long response.

What I said in an earlier comment about "section 179 can't be used to create a business loss", that wasn't entirely accurate/complete. 

I have voiced several concerns with no responses.

For example, say I have a foreclosure, or expired listing lead that I would like to find accurate phone numbers for for prospecting.

Some of the advice you're getting here is not entirely accurate.  

One workaround could be keeping a separate spreadsheet to track your adjusted tax basis accurately and only using Stessa for operational insights.You could also reach out to a cpa and see if they have a specific recommendation for software to use.  

Underwriting a new construction is like a flip on steroids in terms of volume, however you will find that you can get a much more accurate budget in the end because unlike a flip, there are very few unknowns going into it.

If, any bad tenant could be evicted in a few days and held responsible for the damage they caused.