It has to be financially rewarding for him to keep up the pressure like that.

I thought it was pressure to invest my money so I dropped them.

Again, this is intended to protect the parties from the pressure of jumping into an offering.  

I heard every excuse in the book and kept falling for it, I felt really bad for the family and didn't keep up the pressure like I should have (and WILL do in the future).The house itself was in complete disrepair; dogs had chewed & clawed the floors, doors and walls.

I immediately felt pressured and said I needed to think about it and see how that fit in with my budget, plus I was traveling the following week and would not be able to make a decision until after I returned.

This will put upward pressure on prices, and yields will compress further.

Social pressures still hold true, and no one wants it to get out to their friends and family that they were the problem tenant, destructive tenant, or deadbeat tenant. 

There is a tradeoff between the time value of the current deduction and the tremendous potential ROI benefit of being able to obtain financing.Doing projections of your future debt ratios and other aspects of your "lending profile" is critical, and can potentially help guide you in how aggressive you want to be in taking deductions.Even local banks lending for their portfolio are under some of the same pressure to be cautious with subjective underwriting adjustments due to regulatory oversight/review of their loan portfolios, though local banks can definitely be much more flexible than secondary market originators.I'd be curious if anyone has had luck with getting tax return adjustments accepted by their lender, and what you did to prove your case.

You know better than to pressure them, but you just can't get them to break.

I have no money or experience to get started and just need a leg up from someone who is doing this and not just trying to take advantage of my inexperience.I worked in the IT field doing helpdesk work for over a decade and really havent gotten anywhere in life instead of more debt.I have 2 daughters and one bonus child(step daughter).If I work really hard I can pay my bills on time, and have enough gas to get to work but all the pressure is suffocating!