I typically don't advocate paying utilities but in the Philadelphia/Delaware county market, most landlords are responsible for water. 

They "de-listed" one of my units for 7 days because a guests gave me a 2 star review.

After you place it in service, some of the work can be fully expenses under de minimis if it is below 2500 and you might be able to fully deduct new appliance under 100% bonus depreciation with new tax reform. 

That being said, to me it sounds like the initial $670 fee you were charged was the " Initial Deposit" Here in PR ( and many places in the states as well) lenders charge a fee once you are under contract on a property to cover the initial expenses such as the Appraisal, Plot Plan ( in PR these are mini-surveys on single and multi-family homes), and the Estudio de Titulo ( title search). 

There are LLC registration jurisdictions like Nevada and Delaware etc. where it’s not expensive or difficult to keep up with the paperwork to maintain the dang thing, but don’t think you’re getting away with anything because it’s really a shell game: when you go to a different state to do business like to own a rental real estate investment there then you have to pay the local jurisdiction their foreign  entity fee which is identical to the local registration fee for an entity which is exclusively registered in that locality.  

Rebooting thread:I tried to get foreclosed once, as a complete novice and ended up learning a little (but mostly a waste of time).Delaware County, PA (so hello to the other Delco folks here (aka Steve Babiak) We were already somewhat familiar w/the house we wanted to buy (ok buying it as is w/o inspections etc etc). 

This is the world of Delaware Statutory Trusts.So my advice- build your equity.Best of luck!

@Chris Ragazzo Also, consider a Delaware LLC.

Would the smaller invoices under $2500 qualify to expense those under the de minimis rule or should those all be totaled together for the deck improvement and depreciated?

HI Guys,I am a newbie and currently shopping for a property loan for my investment property in Delaware.