Real estate property tax may be deducted on schedule A, under taxes, without regard to the 2% rule.

In the past, our accountant assigned equipment purchases to an arbitrary house (under schedule E), and simply divided general expenses evenly between all houses. 

Safe areas with decent c-o-c are mostly newer suburban and include East Arlington, Southside, Fleming Island, Far Northside (near the airport) where they likely won't lose value anytime soon, but considerable appreciation is very unlikely too. The

I too attend the meet-ups when time and schedule allows.  

My schedule is well, substantially more hectic due to being aircrew.

How far are you into the amortization schedule?  

I got all my docs to you way ahead of schedule and you blew it.

Schedule permitting, hopefully Ill see you at the next meeting.

I do have some time off for other ventures most people don't have with their job because my schedule allows for large chunks of time off.  

If you can get over this and confidently talk with sellers you might want to consider starting a cold call schedule.