It is our deal breaker if the city denies. 

For example it must have hand rails, and no peeling paint, no holes in the walls or floors, but aside from that, it is rare to see properties get denied because of condition.

& in a face to face meeting kept denying our 179 write-offs that were absolutely valid.

(Deny this til you die).

However, you generally cannot deduct these expenses if the courses (1) qualify you for a new trade or business or (2) satisfy the minimum requirements for your current position.In fact, here's a great case you should read that covers the exact same thing you are talking about in which the taxpayer was audited and denied a $21k real estate education write-off: THOMAS J.

When the recorder denied the documents because they were missing a power of attorney page, we went into a black hole of information that took me a month of phone calls to unravel, and I do mean ME and not THEM.

I suggest you deny and keep looking.

You'll need to stay in property # 1 for at least a year.Your second will be tougher, if it appears you're forming a pattern of investing you'll likely be denied.

Instead, any half way decent place denies them and people end up trapped in slums.

Again, I alerted the tenant and of course, she denied everything, etc. etc.