He proceeded to tell me that "all his very, very wealthy friends" utilized these deductions and write offs.  

Well done reaching $500,000 members imagine now sharing $1.00 from every member as an investment to create a syndicated operation of pro-members  for everone to "tap"into as a vetted fund -- a financial reserve to do single-family, multi-family, commercial properties-- since there is strength in numbers as a cooperative AKA as a pooled investment for even more growth in doing real estate transactions for years 2016 to 2030.This would eliminate private lenders, hard money lenders, angel investors or banks (I so dispise banks and their non-best practices) the reality is similar to an "acre of diamonds" where wealth is in your back yard (see my post in innovative strategies) to convert non-members into pro members...just saying

The boyfriends uncle is apparently wealthy and is paying for them to live while in school.

I even question whether or not a wealthy person with debt to their eyeballs would have a high score.  

Most landlords are not wealthy.

Based on a 2,000-calorie diet, the human body generates about 330 BTUs per hour of heat.

Since my law students were going to a very expensive private university, with most of them being supported by their wealthy parents - and them being exhausted and overworked - I didn't think anything less than $100 would motivate them.  

Tenants think of landlords as extremely wealthy individuals that have tons of properties.  

It's the price to be paid for "saving" (read: not spending) money: own it without a business entity structure and manage it yourself in return for the dangers of nut-case tenants and more.No one ever built wealth by not spending.The only way to build wealth is by investing for income.

I am not wealthy enough to lose $800 so I need to get all $800 back.