3) Capability to perform its intended function-If you meet all the requirement, the repairs you do can be expensed and do not have to be capitalized, the improvement has to be added to basis no matter when it is done: before or after placing it in the service. 

Biggerpockets search function - Use the search function to see if a BP colleague requested a CPA in your area.

Some use paypal and others use their banks auto-pay function. 

(ie is the lower floor mostly functional?

When we first looked at the property the pool barely had any water in it, and the sellers never spoke to the functionality of the pump.Before we closed the sellers installed a new sump pump and ran it through the pool pump, and it is consistently pushing water through the pump and out the drain at the bottom of the pump.

I just have a computer scanner and copier and drop box to store files.. my basic function is one of a funder escrow officer closing attorney.. but I am eager to try some new stuff and wondering how this stuff would help. ? 

Kitchen light not functioning.2.

It needs an active internet connection to function properly.

It's a whole heck of a lot easier to convert a bathroom into a kitchen rather than adding a bathroom in some random corner because it'll make the property function better. 

The security instrument (deed of trust/mortgage) for the full amount of the loan is recorded against the property but the funds themselves are disbursed over time as progress on the project is confirmed and title is updated.Sometimes the title company (or title attorney, in your state) disburses the funds and sometimes the lender handles this function.