If the property came with kitchen and laundry appliances, then the current market value of those appliances (thrift shop value) can be subtracted from your depreciation basis and depreciated separately as personal property on a five year schedule.  

If they get into a scrap and he leaves, or gets put out, you could simply lock up shop and put the burden on her to go to court to force you to recognize her de facto residency, rather than you trying to figure out where he went and whether you can get any money from her. 

The education is just so you know when they're actually doing a good job or just blowing smoke.To get an education, look through the free AdWords certification material.To find a pro, shoot for something more than just a one-man shop (you won't get the attention you pay for most of the time), make sure they have experience in real estate, and get and check references, etc.Learn to use conversion tracking effectively (a real pro can show you how to do this... if they don't, next.)Make sure to map your leads back to reported "conversions" - some disparity is normal, but if it's off in a big way, that's a red flag you'll want to look into.Learn to ask good, performance-oriented questions of you manager.

3) we actually know someone who wanted to bring their dog shopping and to restaurants, so they asked their Dr. to write a letter saying the "needed" the dog (i.e. it was a service animal) so i doubt this is really a service animal, but can we ask for proof that the dog is in fact a service animal?

They were offing no origination fees and he shops around for the cheapest title insurance available too. 

Shop around, but target your shopping to lenders that are targeting your strategy.

Obtain your likes the old fashion way.

I would say it's a C or D area, but it's a great location for a rental as there are a lot of convenient shopping and grocery around and a lot of investors buying in the area.

He does 80% clothes and it's pretty much a one-man shop.

I'm consistently amazed at how well this works, even though almost all of these links are nofollow.Old fashioned tactics like article submission, bookmarking, directory submission (great for infographics, at least for now), forum links, etc., have limited value, but there are situations where these types of links can be beneficial.