MD to SC to CT is one hell of an exhausting drive for a 24 hour period :-).  

About me, I've been married to my high school sweetheart for 12 years, we've got two beautiful children who keep us both entertained as well as EXHAUSTED :)I am an Operations Program Manager in the Defense Industry, I spent 6 years on active duty in the Marines (OIF Vet).

After a 2+ years of exhaustive research on everything real estate - I finally closed my first deal in July 2013.

Keeping buyers corralled until it's all over can be exhausting.

It's a good thing to get out of property you can't afford even at the expense of your credit, but before foreclosing, I think more people should try to exhaust their avenues for an out.

This is not an exhaustive list btw...It's important to understand your goals first, and then weigh the options.

I know the emails from everybody can get exhausting lol!

What I would like to do is to change this to exhaust outside.  

After owning them for 5 to 7 years, we made the move to sell, and did a 1031 exchange into an 18 unit property that I found after an exhaustive search in the same town.  

If I help my landlord with simple maintenance, caulking, fixing can light fixtures, replacing an exhaust fan, can I deduct on my taxes the material costs and or labor since I performed this work for a rental property I do not own?