Depreciation will arguably be your largest tax deduction related to your rental.

Before this, the largest renovation I had done was around $30k.

The biggest downside I see to that particular function is the lack of familiarity with CPA's in the field trying to get the taxes filed appropriately.

His friend is a high functioning disabled person who can apply for government housing.

We have lived here in Charlotte for 20+ years all together and joined the nation's largest real estate agency - Keller Williams - (Just across the SC border in Fort Mill) - so there is a lot of tech and data behind everything the company offers and what we do.

I would have never thought that so many people want to say "I am sooo messed up I cannot function with out a pet to hold onto." 

I would also encourage you to search your local market in the BP search function and reach out to all of the local investors.

Buy the largest condo you can afford and fill the bedrooms with tenants.

You are in TX and TX is the largest source of seller finance note originations.3) $5K is small. 

Our big issue now is that the city is saying they potentially want us to:1) Rip out the entire garage door so they can see the framing (since he removed the load-bearing wall and they want to see that it's done properly), 2) Rip out the 9' shower so they can see the "shower pan" and verify that the piping he altered in the cement is okay3) Rip up drywall all throughout the house to verify that the plumbing and wiring he's already gotten done are up to code4) Rip down the fence and rebuild it from scratch with cedar instead of pine5) Rip up the laundry room so they can follow the piping from one side to the other as it goes to the sink6) Remove a lot of the ceiling to verify wiring since so many new lights have been added and existing ones were moved due to completely renovating the kitchenIt's honestly the permitting that's going to cost the largest amount since almost everything he did needs to be shown to them.