(Both are stress-inducing and strange considering they don't mimic the residential market, so be prepared for that).

They all either flaked, seemed incompetent or strange.

What’s strange, well not so strange I guess is the guy doesn’t live in my state and doesn’t have investments here either.

Strange.

That sounds strange, but you have nothing holding you back from venturing out of your security...because you have lost that security blanket that was your job.I would venture to say, that most of the success stories in history, started out where you are right now...me included.So, with nothing holding you back, and with plenty of time on your hands (time will always be your greatest asset...since you can never get it back), if you want to get into REI, you need to do the following:1 - Learn,2 - Learn some more,3 - Keep learning.Places to learn (before you say "that costs money"), that don't cost any money are:1 - Online education sites that have free articles written by experts in their fields.2 - Free e-books, that you can get online.3 - Joining your local REIC's to both learn and network.4 - ...and never stop learning...even when you become a success at this (and you will)Also, three very critical actions you MUST follow to be a success:1 - Always think possitive.2 - Train yourself to think of future "obstacles" as temporary problems...and you are the problem solver. 

It's actually 2 buildings with 7 units in each, and strangely enough two separate HOAs - one for each building.

(in fact heck, you can't even call my journey a track record... since technically I haven't purchased any multi family buildings and simply learning about multi family strategies of investment/landlord ownership)You see the strange thing about making money... is the simple fact... that it just doesn't come to you if you don't actually place a goal in front of you.... to bring that 100k deposit... for example... to the table..... unfortunately I have realized that this is indeed fundamental secret... in being able to get that 100k.... 

I've never heard of this, but strangely, was thinking that was could be a possibility. 

that's sounds strange... what is the reason behind this??

My partner met with a tax professional who said we shouldn't be expensing anything in FY17, but this seems strange to me for items like mileage and other operating costs.