Because the repairs are an immaterial portion of the entire structure, I believe we'd be okay classifying these expenses as repairs and therefore they will be currently deductible.If the deck is freestanding, the restoration will be considered material to the deck itself and the expenses will be capitalized and depreciated.

I do the book keeping but can ask them about how to classify anything I have questions on in the $50 plan. 

You can watch for violations but you also have to make sure you don't do things that can be classified as retaliatory in an effort to get them out or you could end up having them call in HOME line which will gives great advice/legal help for free to tenants and you end up having issues. 

You can classify the home as personal property (unattached to land) or as real property (attached to land).

Tried using my VA loan to purchase but the VA appraisal came in incredibly low due to having to classify the property as a duplex because the bottom two units were combined and you couldn’t access the top unit unless you went outside and up the stairs.

This property would classify as commercial, as it is more than four units (1-4 residential, 5+ commercial).

I understand pre-foreclosure but this is not that property.The bank owns it after foreclosing on it - so isn't that classified still as a foreclosure?

However, if the owner of the house provided a meal to the residents then it is classified as a boarding house. 

The problem here is that in my area, I would classify my home as a top 5% home in the area.

Also if people are booking for 3-5 months at a time would that change things in regards to taxes etc and how the property would be classified?