They're more likely to understand business and opportunity cost.Try asking an accountant for a discount because you've done your own taxes beforeTry asking a lawyer for a discount because you majored in political scienceTry asking a dentist for a discount because you brush your teeth every dayTry asking the grocery clerk to rebate you a percentage because you collected all your own groceries and they didn't even ask how your day wasRealtors are professionals that have an established pay rate.

No violent offenses whatsoever. 

One tenant has left, the other is planning on leaving this next coming week, giving no problems whatsoever.

But in reality, if you've kept it up, it is still worth at least $100,000 and probably a lot more.The kick in the teeth comes when you sell it and have to pay depreciation recapture or do a 1031 exchange, but that's out of the scope of this discussion.Bottom line: yes, you can use excess (unused) deprecation from Property A to offset the tax liability of profits from Property B, or a flip, or W2 income from another source. 

This is where I cut my teeth on building houses and remodeling.

There was no mention of delayed funding whatsoever prior to closing. 

For the record, this post isn't intended to reflect negatively on the bank whatsoever.  

All of my properties are managed by licensed PMs and are very well NOT discriminating on any basis whatsoever.

You have to try to have enough teeth in the assignment agreement (i.e. a large enough EMD) so that they don't want to do that. 

Know the restrictions like your front teeth, do not make an exception and have the tax man on your back.