If you apply the same for snow and ice: libaility if someone slips and falls.- expenses: getting a bill for services is a plain write off.

If I could make just a little something for helping him out it would be icing.

Look for evidence of moisture on the ceiling, especially along corners and look for ice dams or evidence of ice dams (shingles will be torn/dented) 

and found that there was frost on the sheathing which indicates a lack of an ice shield.

What they are disallowing is writing off Box seats at the hockey game or the nights out at the club entertaining clients.

Likely not, but it quells these nonsense complaints so they'll only reach out if the ice/snow is still there DAYS later, so I get on my snow crew's case about why that property hasn't been taken care of.In the beginning, I wanted to please everyone, show them I cared and was different/better than "the rest".

I've walked into other entry ways over the years that were ice cold and there are no pipes in threat of freezing. 

You have to find the one where you both like the same flavors of ice cream.Google FDIC bank search and then put in area or zip code on the website and a list of banks pops up.Good luck.

However, I am starting to gain some traction here and feel like I'm about to break the ice.

Appreciation is nice but count on cash flow first, then tax advantages, appreciation is icing on the cake and is only powerful if you stay free to make the choice of when you want to sell - not must sell.