Within reason one could include items branded for business marketing. 

I am excited to engage with and learn from these people, including those in the BP community!

In the multi-family sector, these expenditures can vary but typically include:1.

If you're buying it with the furniture included, you don't pay 100c on the dollar for it either separately. 

We're currently saving up enough for a 20% down for a conventional loan to bypass having to pay for PMI and MIP, as these 2 additional monthly expenses are a "make it or break it", in finding a cash flowing property in California.I would love to know what your story was like when you first started your real estate investing journey!

Lesson learned on going into business without exit plans, I guess...For reasons out of scope here, I just filed my 2021 taxes and the IRS hit me with a $30k capital gains bill (not including interest or penalties).

If your husband were to serve as a RE broker on this transaction - you would be breaking IRS rules twice: disqualified persons providing service to the plan and receiving personal benefits (commissions).

I have my core 4 team including an experienced broker, but what I do not have is the tried & true advice of investors who have done this before. 

That would include items being expensed under the De Minimis Safe Harbor. 

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.