My question is: if we redeem our personal credit card points for Lowe’s / home dept gift cards to go towards supplies/materials/cabinets etc, can we deduct that as an expense even though we used a gift card vs a credit card or cash?

I'm having a small meet up this Thursday in Old Town if you're interested?

You will get the best information at these meetings.

I'm the CEO of Loftium - great to meet you. 

I am excited to be apart of this online community and I look forward to meeting other investors in the Boston area. 

Still I would strongly suggest meeting with a mortgage broker who understands RE Investing in your area.. 

We would be interested in meeting a local Real Estate agent that has many years of experience and also owns rental properties themself. 

Be sure to plug into your local BP community through meet-ups and investment groups.

Hey @Nick Barker   you should have a leg up running the numbers :)I regularly attend or are a part the top 4 of these, the other 2 are ones I do not attend but I believe are valuable.Let's grab coffee some timeTC meet up listhttps://www.meetup.com/Saint-Paul-Landlords-Meetup/https://www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Investing-Rehab-Meetup/https://www.meetup.com/Future-Millionaire-Real-Estate-Investor-Club/https://www.meetup.com/BP-Bi-Monthly-Meetup/https://www.meetup.com/Rental-Property-Wealth/events/251370403/https://www.meetup.com/Millennial-Investors-Focus-Group/events/24588250Tim

Forgive my oversimplified view of the world, but does seem to me that supply will increase to meet demand.