We would be happy in this home for many years but it may limit our buying power (lending issues possible after).

.- 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?

In terms of whether you can talk to a live human being at a bank with decision-making powers, that depends on the size of the bank.

It isn’t very big, doesn’t have power, it leaks and isn’t insulated.

I suspected my neighbors taking a extension cord stealing my power but there is only one outlet outside at the porch door.

Plan A is to just rent this house as a residence with a 12 month lease as I usually would.

I believe you learn more from failure than success.I’ve taught real estate agent classes & I’ll sum it up with an analogy I use with agents that I call the jockey & race horse story.Who is more powerful in this equation, the jockey or race horse?

Overall, this tool is very powerful and very customizable to fit any situation, whether you're syndicating or not. 

If the wiring was all correct, these high power devices would simply pop the breaker. 

You can call the power company to see if they would (attempt to) contact the landlord at their contact info, which may be different.