I think meals and entertainment expenses were removed from the last tax reform.

For some perspective, may I remind you that repeal of 1031s and capital gain increase were heavily discussed prior to the Trump tax reform passage? 

NFIP 2.0 - What’s Changing with National Flood Insurance and Why You Should Care.It’s been a long time coming, but reform to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is on the way.Risk Rating 2.0 (that’s how we Flood Nerd-types refer to the reform) isn’t a complete government policy re-boot and it’s going to change the flood insurance market.

Until we have tort reform, I guess we have to live with the cost the comes with suits, unless we use contingencies. 

Good luck with real estate in a communist country though, ever heard of the Chinese Land Reform Movement?

They're kind of like ex-smokers or reformed alcoholics.

Before the tax reform in 2018, you could always carryback and get money back from the government for the losses you had in the current year.

Between NYS governor and NYC Mayor, they would have the whole state rent controlled.Gov Cuomo is warming up for the 2024 Pres election.Mid 2019 he latest anti landlord reforms went into affect with list of policies letting tenants shaft landlords.

I don’t know any investor who does this.In non judicial states it still must be done properlyI am looking at a loan that was foreclosed on years ago and it was just discovered the foreclosure was invalidated and it’s a mess and has to be redone and will cost 3x the original as they have to reform the mortgage etc.

So if we were to foreclose we would have to reform the mortgage and the property does have a lien junior to this which could also argue it.