When you use and agent the earnest money is generally collected by the buy side broker and then deducted from their proceeds at signing.

All I can think of is maybe they had to pay a deductible or something?

Your deductible...maybe, but if I were you I would do the insurance claim.

(the 4th is 5 hrs away from other 3)In between signing the contract and receiving the policies in the mail (before I knew about the change to the deductible), a hail storm occurred in the town where two of the properties are located.I met with the agent to ask about the deductible change.

My question is: if we redeem our personal credit card points for Lowe’s / home dept gift cards to go towards supplies/materials/cabinets etc, can we deduct that as an expense even though we used a gift card vs a credit card or cash?

I also would like to learn how to get founding for these deals, and tax breaks and deductions.

I also would like to learn how to get founding for these deals, and tax breaks and deductions.

@Brunno Goncalves I would say I am sorry to hear about your damage and that you hope they are able to find the responsible person for this damage but unfortunately since you were not there you have no way of knowing who may have caused this.If you really feel generous or bad about this damage you could say that "If you can't find the guilty party you would be willing to chip in on the cost of their deductible" That way they claim it on their insurance instead of trying to sue you.

Because the home is in your IRA, the mortgage interest isn't deductable. 

Many parts of Queens are still appreciating so there could be some upside to hanging on, but interest rate hikes and the limit on SALT deductions will have a negative impact on housing prices (it's already started to in Manhattan).