I want a specialist that's an expert, and not a jack of all trades and master of none.

You may see if you have one in your area that you could trade your property into something nicer. 

If you are consistent with these action items you will avoid most claims, your business will be more profitable,  operate more efficiently and if a claim were to arise you will have all your ducks in a row. 

I am on commission only compensation, so I moved back in with my parents, and am trading all of my time (60-70 hour work weeks) for little/no money. 

.: Quote from @Mike Dymski: Government actions are unpredictable and scare me the most. 

On June 7th, we sent an itemized list of deductions via text; he responded on June 8th, disagreeing and threatening legal action.

But the rental too does have to meet the "active conduct of a trade or business" threshold, which does mean you wouldn't qualify to use section 179 if you have a rental that is managed entirely by someone else and you aren't at least overseeing it and making decisions about the management of it.I mostly disagree with the reply suggesting that you need to have an LLC to take the section 179 deduction. 

I'm presently a facilities engineer by trade, who does some construction and maintenance for landlords on the side, hoping to get back into the private real estate game.

The discussion on LinkedIn has erupted into hearing various opinions as well as strategies surrounding actionable efforts.  

Delaying the inevitable like a mortgage funds that doesn’t initiate foreclosure when appropriate so they don’t have to include a foreclosure action in their reported “result”.5.