.- Rent ($500/mo)- single with no kid- person A is interested in doing a coding bootcamp ($5500 cost) and find a part time web development job in the future; knowledge from coding bootcamp can also help person A to gain knowledge with automation in his current W2 job- Does not own any business, but sometimes would talk about side business or investing opportunities over dinner table with friends and family (average cost for those dinners per month $300)- Share a name with his mom on a residential property while paying $9000 property tax per year.Here are some opportunities for person A:- 18,000 contribution to 401K- 5,500 Roth IRA or SD Roth IRA- maximum 25,000 rental real estate loss- purchase rental real estate with mortgage and take depreciation and property tax and other fees for rental real estate investment.- tax lien investment- open a LLC- Real estate opportunity in Bangkok or Manila (USD$50,000 for apartment, 0.5% rent to price ratio); foreigner can only own condo, not land- Real estate opportunity in Malaysia (USD$80,000, 0.5% rent to price ratio); foreigner can own land- Real estate investing opportunity in Brazil, Greece, or etc.- purchase land through tax sales, find construction company to build and rehab houses.Here is an example of basic tax liability for person A if he does not participate in creative investment activities using 2016 tax rate:Salary                                                         70,000401K contribution                                     (18,000)Roth IRA                                                            -Property tax for Primary Property               (9,000)Bootcamp as miscellaneous deduction      (5,500)Taxable Income                                          37,500Tax Liability (932.5+15% over 932.5)       6,417.63How would you add or modify this sample strategy to help person A to lower his tax liability and turn it into investment fund?

The dream is to house hack to acquire our first one.By day, I am a full time web programmer and have been programming for 18 years.  

I used this trick that I found on someone's blog, which worked perfectly.I'm not sure if posting a URL is against the rules here, so if you search the web with this phrase:  "How to Find Someone’s Forwarding Mail Address Without Them Knowing" you'll find it.  

@Jenifer Kynor I need leases, management agreements, financial record keeping, credit and eviction checks. web site, tenant communication vehicle. 

I also have videos and trouble-shooting tips on my web site that I can point tenants to.

sure that's true but If I was not doing some of these "menial" tasks, I may be surfing the web, watching youtube videos, watching netflix?   

Go to the Baltimore Housing web page and I am sure you will find a link.

Also if you would consider short term then be sure to post on the university off campus housing web site, they might have some prospects (even for long term)

The web site explains the process.

Here's an idea:Why not have an online web submission form for Allegheny County landlords?