Ever notice in some orchards there is a row of crops between the trees, the farmers discovered how to make more money by planting something between the trees to harvest besides what came off the trees.One of the best books I ever read on "Hacking",[ still seems like a stupid name to me but what would I know, my first experience with computers was in 1960 and it took four floors of a high rise in S.F. to do what a laptop can do today} any way it was written by a Walnut Creek Real Estate Broker in California over 40 years ago.

@Russell Salinas , you said to Ted "My buyers haven't done anything to prove to me that they have end buyers with cash.

You see people in BP toting different strategies.

I glanced at his laptop and it appeared older and small, so I'm not sure he's actually working in there; we don't smell smoke, for example, so we've let it go.

The list is truly infinite but in short, anything that you can remotely justify as related to your 'business' or a business-related activity (i.e. driving to Lowes for paint, phone bill, phone payment, car insurance, car payment, car repairs, home office expenses, home office depreciation, temporary housing, laptop/equipment purchase, etc) you should keep track of and turn it over to your CPA when the time comes.

Of course it is not guaranteed they will invest so best to tee up the economics and relationships with them or another sponsor well in advance. 

Hey BiggerPockets, I am looking for the right computer/laptop and the right software for work. 

See if you know someone with an empty laptop box or something expensive to use that as bait. 

Hell next month starts hunting season and there are kids 10 years old toting 7mm rifles and 12g shotguns all over the place.

They gave me names and phone numbers, I made some calls, and those family members came to take the laptop, a couple flatscreens, and a couple cars.