I just am trying to wrap my head around a lot of it still but you are correct. 

Maybe it's always that way, but I used to have more of a finger on the pulse when turnover was more rapid.

Head over to Wenatchee or Spokane and there are some super fix and hold deals as these are  strong rental markets. 

I would still suggest enlisting the services of a professional, however, as someone with more in-depth knowledge of your situation would be able to give a much more personalized and tailored answer for you.EDIT: I can only think of one reason off the top of my head where amending a previous year's return is the correct way to do something that you couldn't otherwise do when filing an original return.

Other (besides standard depreciation) off the top of head tax advantages of RE:- cash out refi gives tax deferred access to equity- 1031 for investment properties allow deferring of the gains

Thinking through the tax implications, how that changes each deals numbers, and how we'd structure those payments has my head spinning.  

Their agenda is to keep the attendees off balance so that by the end of the presentation the attendee's head is spinning with "10X" and "millions of dollars" and whatever, so that $25,000 sounds like a small number.

Perhaps he was used to working with a lenient plan reviewer at DOT and got assigned a particularly hard-headed one this time (unfortunately, that happens)?

I also wrote a review on TVC's facebook page and was reached out to, by a few of their people including Scott Myers, head of sales, who I have been in regular contact with.

Tim hit the nail on the head with what he wrote.All I can tell you is that in my neck of the woods is that finding a Section 8 tenant with a credit score at or above 600 would be like finding one with all their natural teeth.