Or perhaps you could engineer a lease option, whereby a renter can choose to purchase the house after a fixed period if he has the wherewithal?

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An entrepreneur gets no break on his or her taxes for hiring an engineer or a sales person to enhance the ability to grow a business, but the purchase of a new truck to replace an old one is fully deductible.

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