Making specific offers of assistance will greatly improve your chances of someone saying yes.Best of luck as you start your real estate journey.

If you pull a HELOC ona  rental and use it to renovate that rental, deductible as improvement/acquisition debt on that rental. 

Bank may defer payments, modify loans, or lend more for improvements.

I have 2 very good lease option assignment properties and have gotten quite a few calls mostly from Bandit Signs.  But the quality of the tenant buyer prospects has been low in that very few have any upfront money.  I...

Amazon affiliate lists the home for sale.Through the affiliate for a non-negotiable price but with a price reduction schedule that can also talk to their automated valuation model for continuous improvement.

@Dan CournoyerAll of the expenses that you listed, including allocated tax prep fees, portion of the phone bill, travel etc. are equally deductible with or without a partnership LLC.You cannot arbitrarily shift partnership income between husband and wife, no more than you can without an LLC.Good thinking, but you do not gain any tax advantage, other than lower IRS audit profile.

@Jeremiah Leonard if your doing it because you want to improve the environment and use fewer fossil fuels, it's a great idea.

Also, I suspect that going to battle over keeping them in the lease would just cost more in legal fees than it would recover and would not improve the situation.Would appreciate any suggestions on minimizing/eliminating breaking of lease in the future.

You can buy TSP in the home improvement stores.

I would suggest setting up keyword alerts (click the bell icon in the top right next to your profile pic).