Concrete repair (pour new matching aggregate/repair brick border as needed) : under $1KWhat do you think of the possible solutions or do you have an alternate solution?

Those numbers sound huge Bob until you consider that our country is "worth" about $124T right now:Financial position of the United StatesSo our current D/E ratio is about 16%; or hardly in banana republic territory.   

I successfully received a judgement from PA court of Delaware county on my tenant who owes me $12K.

As you know as a contractor, most GCs that know what they are doing will always do de-scope meetings with their subcontractors.

It makes it harder to get any ROI metrics that you’d like because you’re paying that premium (up front) to de-risk the deal.

Hi Diana,I live in Union City, very close to the Weehawken border. 

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With the information you provided, I think two of them does not apply to you ( de minimis safe harbor for 2,500 or 5000 (Hoping the expense was higher than 2500 ) and routine maintenance safe harbor- does not apply to you).The third one might apply, since we do not have info on your basis, please look into the Safe harbor for small taxpayers:You can deduct improvement on the property does not exceed the lesser of(1) 2% of the eligible building property’s unadjusted basis or(2) $10,000 Also, we should consider court cases over the years that have allowed few of the expenses related to the driveway to expense rather than capitalize. these are what court decided on few of them:Per court case, these expenditures can be deducted as repair and maintenance for the driveway, parking lots etc:1) recrowning and resurfacing with the same materials as in the road without lengthening or widening or changing basic construction2) constructing logging road on adjacent state property including repairs to tractor used in constructing the road3) patching asphalt steel mill driveway4) resurfacing a three-year-old parking lot to restore it to its original condition after construction.

However, I started thinking and realized that - per my understanding of de minimis safe harbor - most of my projects under the $2,500 cap would be expense-able ANYWAYS! 

Some of the areas bordering the already-popping neighborhoods on the west side might have some potential too.