Depending on level of income/REP status, you may be able to deduct some, all, or none, of the potentially accelerated depreciation. 

Cody, I was once in your shoes.

If I'm in your shoes, I wouldn't be too frightful of what the FED decides to do in the coming months (hear me out).

If I was in your shoes I would hate to make a bunch of lease changes, and still have high utilities. - One other step to help reduce utilities is to properly adjust the thermostat on your water heater.

It is a compromise between you all.If in your shoes I would set it up in a way that becoming big and successful won't be an disadvantage wrt the deal you are making.

The third party gets paid in order to negotiate in your shoes with the Seller, this is why a whole sale is typically structured as an assumption on a nominee contract

If you try to do the flooring after, you will probably need to trim the entire kitchen with a shoe moulding, quarter round, or some kind of trim to cover the seam between the flooring and the cabinets.

Would you respect Nike if they come harrass you at your door trying to sell you shoes?

Luckily I had security questions on file ( as I could not sign in on my owners account because the codes were being sent to the fraudulent email and phone) and I reached a customer support rep who spent a long time, but deleted the fraudulent info and replaced my own info and contacts information.  

Also due to our account size we have a local rep who can help if there were ever to be a jam.