This lends to going down the path of possibly providing the tenants with financing, installment contract, disguised sales, delayed closing transaction, equitable interest, refunds, lawsuits, loss of profits... etc.

Appreciation is not something to be ignored and just because it includes ALL profits and losses, even the ones you don't like or can't control, is no valid reason to not use IRR IMO ... just because you can't control it does not mean that it isn't important and should be ignored.

If it does then you determine the reduction of income based on the loss of rent from you living in one unit.  

People do not understand that if someone makes 1,000 an hour then you asking them questions for free for 2 hours results in a 2,000 loss of productivity.I have learned a lot on this site so believe in giving back.

You still qualify for most deductions and credits but some things are starting to get limited, child tax credit, real estate losses, ect. 

The stuff you see is the garbage that everyone has left for you to take a loss on.

After all my operating expenses and depreciation, I should have a lot of paper losses to deduct on my w2.

"He's sure throwing his weight around eh?"

I don't know if this would have any weight  any how because they had a lease and full filled it by paying March rent.  

You can still carry losses forward as well.