Probably worth mentioning, TurboTax can facility real-time assisting from tax professionals if needed, obviously this will be at extra cost.Hope this helps! 

You can 15 Arch/Eng review the plans and you can still have all/some of the problems I mentioned above. 

I assumed Granbury from previous mention. 

Also, forgot to mention, this house is a hundred years old! 

I know you mentioned wanting to buy locally and that is always the first choice - when we have a choice.

As others have mentioned 280A will limit the losses that you take on the property.Best of luck.

The better the rents the better the aforementioned factors that drive that.

Actually, the combination of all that you mentioned contributes to it. 

Some clients might not mind meeting you at properties, or you could offer them the choice to either drive themselves or join you in a rideshare, like you mentioned.

There is a high cost to renovating a non-restaurant space into a kitchen, especially if you need everything like grills, hood vents, walk-in coolers and grease traps in floors, not to mention the utilities to service all of the above.