Indeed, when I got H&R Block advice, they said I could not take the deduction. 

The house in a 5000 sqft lot.Quite a few builders in my block bought houses and then build two houses after tearning down the old one.

From my exp,  at some point, investors have separate entities for marketing the properties, selling the properties, and rehabbing.On that note, I noticed you live a few blocks from me.  

So is the Oak color if you want something lighter.

How do I get around these road blocks and talk to somone who makes deals for bank owned properties.  

I create a new one for every project that captures the information I need for that project...here is an example from a recent project that I completed:http://www.123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/WI1_House/WI1_Budget_Final.pngDuring renovations, the spreadsheet is my estimated budget, and things are color-coded based on whether I have a firm bid, whether the work is completed yet, how much I've paid, etc.

But he hemmed and hawed as to whether the cardboard caused the damage and said it could be a blocked vent, but he would know more when the part comes in and they do the fix.

A few of the keys with fair housing laws is race,color creed and the protected classes like disabled and such these are areas that you must use the fair housing laws to guide you.

"Why did they paint it this color?"

Drop box is cool, but I gravitated towards Google docs because of the way you're able to share and collaborate in real time, and the threaded comment feature.I'm also a very visual person, so I got creative with the formatting to have cells change color if I missed an appointment, or prompt me to make a new appointment.I still use this for all of my RE leads, but when this new marketing business sprung up under my feet, I had to find something different.