I believe interest is tax-deductible if used for property improvements or purchases, and it gives you quick access to funds while keeping your stock portfolio intact.Private Money Loan: If you have a trusted partner and terms that work well for both parties, this could be an efficient solution without tapping into your other assets.

It links to our business bank account and our business credit card so come tax time, deductions should be easier.

The tax benefits refer to the tax deductions from mortgage interest and property tax.The returns mainly rely on appreciation, and the cash flow only improves in the last few years, also depending on securing the 5% refinance rate.I've learned a lot from this forum, but as I start to operate on my own, I'm still not completely confident.

You’re paying $70k in “non-deductible” interest in exchange for less deductible interest. 

It scales up to 37% once you get to around $12k of income but the UBIT is calculated after the first $1000 is deducted along with expenses and depreciation again only on the same % the property is mortgaged.

They can fix them to get their SD back or you can deduct that without them saying "it was like this before". 

Just deduct security deposit and move on.

Looking for peoples opinions if the quoted costs are fair to take off the security deposit.TYIA You are absolutely within your rights to deduct all that from the security deposit.

A professional study, though more expensive, often identifies more deductions and is better for IRS scrutiny.

With enough knowledge you can make a educated decision on which approach you take.My experience:I personally don't sign up for any program who take you aside during events and try to sell packages that is just blatant sales strategy.Once you sign up there is every attempt to make you sign for their programs for bookkeeping, registered agent, LLC or corp setup fee which have ridiculous even with platinum membership.Basic standard structure they suggest to take advantage of multiple deductions can be easily achieved by proper education or work with a good firm like https://wcginc.com  who is local to you.A umbrella C-crop to manage all other LLC properties and take advantage of many tax deductions that are not available with a llc, its also used to take losses up to 100K as startup expenses and dissolve the entity after few years.Few LLC entities for investing in Real Estate, etc preferably in Wyoming or Nevada ( you can find many companies online who can do this for $150 compared to anderson $1500-$3000) , they will claim they have a secret Operating agreement which is bogus.They certainly try to take advantage of tax loopholes and claim to be smart people, my view they are just taking advantage of numbers as per their own statements.