When you go to the market you buy a packet of chicken you bring it home and cook any meal you want with it or if you go to a restaurant for the same chicken breast you will pay a lot more.

I am not a wholeseller but I have been part of many positive and supportive conversations between folks in all parts of the "supply chain" at these events.

In a direct conversation with the Kitchen & Bath Manager for HD, he verbally agreed that the work was improper, but he was overruled by someone up the food chain and the client's request to have it corrected was denied.  

This may sound cold and harsh but I think it is reality.You can't really focus on being an investor if you don't know where your next meal is coming from, so I would focus on that part of the equation first.

I used my money to buy a meal for a homeless person just last night.  

Tenants tend to either lose or break the remote or rip down the pull chain...but the biggest concern I have is the actual install and support.Almost every time I take down a ceiling fan, I found these older installs were not properly supported. 

Parent-subsidiaryA parent-subsidiary controlled group exists when one or more chains of corporations are connected through stock ownership with a common parent corporation; and:80% of the stock of each corporation, (except the common parent) is owned by one or more corporations in the group; and Parent corporation must own 80% of at least one other corporation.2.

I want to confirm this and see whether meals and lodging are also deductible.

Use a local company, not a chain.  

I have brokered a few when I lived there and sold property.it becomes a ball and chain for the owner.. most of the time they are bought with cash.. and or like this owner financed ... and folks semi retire and run them .. but they work themwithout seeing all the numbers 130k of gross revenue for a small resort is pretty small..