We aren't even implementing what we learned because we are too busy dealing with a personal issue and haven't been able to travel much for the last couple of years.

Unfortunately, those are treated as personal expenses and aren’t deductible.As for the repairs and improvements, fixing leaky pipes counts as a repair and can be fully expensed in the current year.

Personally I try to push out my terms on all my loans even when investments could cash flow on shorter term loans.

@Danny Lyu  If you're getting 10% down on that loan product, I would definitely do that and just close in your personal name. 

1. coaching- all of the "coaches" were newbies themselves with about 1 year of experience and about 1 deal under their belts and they always disappear after 2-3 months and get replaced with new "coaches".2. networking- they have a FB group, populated primarily by other newbies. go there to answer questions, and it's likely you'll get other newbies saying "good question". there are lots of newbies hoping to get into a deal, but who wants to put together a team where every single person is brand new with no experience?

@Sturart Udis Personally I've been able to use my network to acquire properties.

I have not partnered with any of them bc I view partnerships as a last resort - just a personal preference.

If there are no boarding house limitation to the number of unrelated persons, does this structuring matter?  

The latter is something I would personally wait for.

I am an ambitious DIYer and have upgraded every part of my personal home in some capacity.