This is the first time I've ever had this happen, and I hope this person was just blowing smoke.

  #2 Lease clause re smoking/vaping #3 (see #1)

The cost of travel to Indiana made the deal unworkable.

London city center (business travelers being the target).John Corey

No, in fact it will often raise them.Both here and on 3 other sites I see people contemplating 1031 exchanges when they barely have enough gain to justify the expense of a facilitator and the extra acquisition costs.For the record my income tax return for the past 12 years has had all of the following, just about every year for most items.W2 income, 1099 consulting/sales incomeInterest income, including interest from seller financed loans,Recapture of depreciationRental income, and expenses and depreciation on rentals pptyLT cap gains from sale of long held rentalsST cap gains from flipsSub S corp income from my sales company401k reductions, SIMPLE reductionsOffice in house expenses, loads of mileage for business travel and other self-employed business expeneseDividends from stocks and mutual fundsDespite all of this carp I feel confident, because I closely review the return and question the CPA that if I wanted I could purchase TurboTax and do it myself.

Carbon from smoke consists of very fine particles, which also get into those pores.

You do not need to mention them but most people want to have a family, get an education, travel, retire on a good income (early retirement or not), etc.

You accept that you cannot get there instantaneously; you accept that you will travel the distance, and in time, you will arrive at your destination.

I lived in Crested Butte for 19 years, went traveling, and resettled here in Ridgway October a year ago.Are you doing deals on the western slope of colorado?  

Is there a way to arrange an overseas real estate investment so that we could write off travel expenses to inspect the property?