I'm not aware of any other real-estate related options, and outside of having a business of some sort to have write-offs, I only know of the traditional things like maxing out retirement contributions and such.  

Actually generate motivated seller leads. 

Agreed that maybe 1/1000 times you'll have some sort of issue with an appraiser and there is a proper way to do things by the book.

Rest assured if that happens you won't have to inquire about that one they stay pretty on top of that sort of thing. in our area even with an increase they tend to trail market rents at least double digits. 

Also, any sort of inspections, appraisals, and paperwork fees are not going to be refunded to you.My advice is to read thoroughly through your contract and take notes of the contingencies and see if there are any specifics in which you can leverage yourself out of the contract, legally of course.

I haven’t spoken to lenders because I assumed since I didn’t have any sort of future investment to present to them, what is there I could talk to them about and what exact lenders I need to be speaking to. 3.

That can cause all sorts of tax issues.

Because of my limited capital and to avoid putting all my eggs in one basket, I’m moving more towards fractionalized.Unlike a brokerage, I only look at loan quality, I’m not motivated by commissions, thus less likely to lose money, in my view.

We've already seen the devastating impacts of cities like San Francisco that have sprawling SFHs, and with that low density landscape comes inflated prices that displace people in all sorts of ways.

@Karen Kushner, I recommend getting a spreadsheet or tool or even a bigger pockets subscription to use their calculators for this sort of analysis.