On trend analysis he calls out a plumber to unclog a line at the same unit, instead of looking into why he needs the sewer line snaked monthly.With periodic, there is zero emphasis on annual HVAC checks and other maintenance items that any owner would consider part of management duties.I have brought this up with him, asked weather he treats his properties the same, and was told "I take care of the issue when it crosses my desk."

I treated it like a little farm area, for those of you familiar with the term.

However, in your case, this is one physical property, so maybe you can treat both Unit A and B as a single sale for the exclusion purposes and apply full exclusion to Unit A and also partial exclusion to Unit B.

Can be taken on Sch E but if he is treating rental as not trade or business and such then ask him to pay yourself a management via sch C and take home office deduction against that income. 

If you aren’t comfortable pushing back, you can always ask them how depreciation is treated before getting into underwriting.

only made it through the first page...sorry...I have zero problems with pets, I have serious problems with pet owners.The problem is animals do not have the same rights as people and so then some people treat animals with cruelty, which happens to be their right to do so in many instances.The result is if I were to allow pets, I would inevitably find myself in a moral argument with my tenant - no thanks.I consider animals at a residence pets and animals kept in the barn livestock.

I treat that money as a bucket to cover any expenses the property has.

Remember, when you are licensed, you are responsible for knowing every single law, doesnt matter if you do, you are treated as if you know. 

When a borrower has no credit scores, they are generally treated as though their credit score is 620.

I would say to treat anyone on here the same way you'd treat a stranger off the street to start with.