I think if we define wholesaling as "getting a property under contract and selling it to someone else before it goes 'on the market,'" then that would include any 'permission to show' or 'pocket listing' that an agent would do.

Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.4.

That might include pet policy changes, early termination fees, a fee for a service like a requested lock change.

It includes a 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom ranch house along with a private street hosting a small mobile home park with 5 units of which are owned by the seller. 

Given you aren't clearly a prorata split of everything (IE both names on title, mortgage, etc), Partnership treatment would be much more supportable than as a TIC.If you have an agreement in your JV that you are sharing the expenses and revenue of the venture, the JV certainly gets to claim those valid expenses, including the mortgage interest.If the property was never in service and was being renovated, that interest may not have been deductible anyways and it is possible it could have been required to capitalize it into the renovation, in which case you'll recapture it by your share of depreciation.

If you're going the umbrella insurance route, perhaps see if it will cover you for several things including just the routine slip and fall (like mold or earthquake).

That includes salt and pepper shakers.

This seller also owns a really beautiful parcel of land next door that they're willing to include in the sale.

-When this does happen, we always try to be involved with investors to come up with viable solutions, including rent gap coverage when needed.

There's a good amount of folks doing BRRRR here in Pueblo, myself included!