For example, if I rent a property to my tax practice, that property is considered a trade/business (whether or not it otherwise would have qualified as such) and may be eligible for the deduction.3)Third, they tell us that to determine what is a “trade or business” (I am just going to use the term “business” from now on), we can only look at law under Code Section 162.So what does #3 mean?

@Michael EhmannThis is good in theory but will likely be futile in practice.

3) The few banks I spoke to informally appear to be uninterested in writing a loan unless the tenants in the property have long leases that practically exceeded the loan term.

Should I use paid, targeted advertising on Facebook or other social platforms (this I have practically 0 knowledge of)?

Hi @Justin White - we're practically neighbors.

Get books/courses on sales training and listen to them over and over again. practice practice practice

@Bjorn Ahlblad so you're saying their behavior is ok because the banks may have also engaged in illegal/immoral practices?

And, if you were thinking of investing out of state it may not even be practical to get your license since you don't live in the state and are not familiar with the areas. 

I have been reaching out to various lenders, but the response has been consistently, "I don't work with those products, sorry." 

I am not sure what someone on a forum could tell you short of reviewing your contract and providing legal advice, which if they did and they are not an attorney they could expose themselves to practicing law without a license, lol.