And, yes, insurance appears on IRS Form Schedule E:I, of course, and not a tax professional, and am not up to speed about what might be unique to your particular situation that prevents being able to write these things off.But you might want to consider hiring a better tax guy, if you're being told that you "can't ever" write off property taxes!

what are some unique was you started out in real estate investing with little money.... please share

I have some investing partners in my family, but I am the main driver of our efforts, and once I pick a niche I will commit all my spare time, and even go full-time (quit my job) if I am successful enough.Thanks for taking the time to read this, and if there are any good resources on the basics of cash flow notes, I'd love to check them out.

So, in the quest of finding opportunities and trying to make sense of what niche is better suited for my passive style of investing (which I see myself as), I came across this GC who does everything, even maintain books.  

MHP's are a niche market where a lot of the players know each other.  

Your niche would be to buy around the college whereas you can take a 3 or 4 bedroom provide Wi-Fi, lights, and water, cable or direct TV, and rent each room for $500 per month to possible students.

Joe Fairless has quickly scaled to $100M+ in assets under management and has utilized unique methods to establish credibility and raise several millions from investors for his apartment syndications.  

Find your niche and execute!

It was a very unique situation where the home had been foreclosed on, but the tenant had a ten year lease, which the courts held up! 

Hi everyoneMy name is Trell, i am a new investor focusing on lease options in the Chicagoland area. my business is fully set up, pretty much running on auto-pilot, i have an average of 15- 20 fsbo leads that come in to me daily by opt in from my website, craigslist, area scouts and other fsbo sites and mailings.i have pretty good education in this niche. i also have virtual assistants that are trained to get property info sheets filled out from calling my leads that i send them, they are great at it!