If investing  will be the bulk of your activity and business,  I personally would  find the best 100% commission brokerage around. 

Generally speaking advantageous tax treatment follows.Assuming active participation and AGI is below phase-out, expensed items will reduce taxable income, which seems like mainly W-2 income.Consult with your CPA/EA.

Get another opinion and do t play hardball with them, bc if you force them into this and they don’t make money you’re going to get a patch job, and since you don’t know anything about plumbing I wouldn’t recommend going that route.

What is the best way to find ALF's that are actively looking for more space?

Play ball, but look closely at the loopholes.

Anyways, we just closed on a HELCO and I have a bunch of equity to play with, several hundred thousand.

I am not sure how long it was before the window units came into play, but any nights without them were probably hell, and dangerous for the child.

I would play it safe and get a house that meets your needs with the new additions and needs little work.

You can mail them something or look up their phone numbers.They are a long play because they tend to want to do nothing until they are about to lose their house.

Looking to learn how the game is played in the US.