Tax Question about deductibility of an annuity surrender charge in 2017.If an annuity is cashed in to buy rental real estate and there is a large surrender charge, can that surrender charge be deducted on:(1) Schedule A as a misc itemized deduction for 2017, or(2) Schedule E as an expense to acquire financing to buy rental properties?

And I can charge them an extra $50 for the electric and water usage?

If I were in charge of improving the perception of IB I would start with the pier and the beach.  

I charge $50 per day when I have to use it on a rental and it paid for itself in a couple months.

Opendoor's offer was $229,000 and Opendoor  wanted to charge me 7% on top of that for "processing fees".

There are some little things that you can do like turn it into an AirBnB or corporate housing where you can charge more.

Especially interest rates on consumer debt such as non crucial items put on credit cards for 20% interest. 

Yes on home inspector, just make sure they do commercial and what they will charge you.

I had not accounted for this big of water bill charge - looking for way to minimize/cover this.Any help/insight will be greatly appreciated!

That said, if I could rent the place such that there was no extended gap between tenants, is it common place to charge the fee they agreed to in signing the lease?