You could have passive loss carryover's which would have to be carried forward to a year when you have passive income.The alternative argument is that if you capitalize and depreciate you would be subject to depreciation recapture when you sell the property.

We haven't come up with an economical alternative to the ugly, cracked and warped sidewalk type paving that's out there now.

I've been an RN for 7 years and in between patients (living and dead) the rooms are simply washed down with either bleach or alternative disinfectants, day after day after day. 

Alternatively, you can look into roles with the top commercial brokerages, I know the big ones have world class training programs that will greatly increase your real estate investing knowledge.

I've seen designs for a soundproof wall where top and bottom plates are 2x6 and you put 2x4s on alternating edges every 8 inches (16" on center for each side).

TRUST - LAND □If you have a land trust, have you reviewed why you have it and whether or not there may be a better alternative to accomplish your intended purpose?

Then you need to get control of the property using an alternative strategy to a direct buy. 

The market is hot enough, that you probably won't have to provide a huge discount on your portfolio.An alternative is to vacate all of the units, and try to sell them to end-users (depending where they are in the lease cycle.)

It’s not fair but I’m guessing the alternative is you don’t close, which will likely cost you more money assuming you’ve already paid for an inspection, appraisal etc.Have you simply asked what happens if you don’t pay it?

Normally I do not threaten eviction and would rather find alternate methods of getting rid of tenants that I do not desire.