This immediately raised red flags but I found no point in pushing it if they were going to be out one week later.

Either way, you can test it with a multimeter. 

Based on the fact that he is challenging you to evict, not doing so will just make him bolder and encourage him to test you more going forward.

If an improvement by itself does not meet the 1-year test (greater of $2,000 or 1% of the unadjusted basis), but it does qualify as a separate improvement that is a separate element (when grouped with other improvements made during the tax year), determine the start of its holding period as follows.

I have also found that the investors who stand the test of time do so because of their residual income... so it's always wise to have some rentals cranking in that cashflow! 

Almost every state requires a few years of experience under a broker to learn before they will even let you take the tests.

If so, it fails that test."

You can then take additional class hours and another test to become a broker and open your own RE agent business.

In the end, it came down to my gut, but my gut based on many tests (and desperation to find a tenant - took 6 weeks), which included asking as many questions that I could think of and requests for many documents and information.

I am from and raised in Dallas, Texas.