Let me add one more - liability.If there's a fire or some other catastrophe and the fault is traced back to unpermitted work, you can expect your insurance company to deny your claim and any injured people to sue you into oblivion.Get the permit and don't have that Sword of Damocles hanging over your head.

I don’t know any off the top of my head but I can bust my butt to find you some.

Shakes head.

In my head, it would make sense to try to soundproof any shared walls and maybe even fence half of the yard so each guest has their own space to enjoy. 

So now I let him decide depreciation for me since the laws changed so much, make my head spin, so better pay him to follow it. 

Off the top of my head, $5K seems reasonable for all of those appliances particularly if you are getting 2ish year warranties on each appliance and they are brand new.

Does anyone have recommendations on a template that would be geared towards Real Estate Management to help get a head start?

It will take a lot of good cash flow months to offset what you're headed for....

Who else feels like their head is spinning by this time in the week??

There are many times I wish I did listen to others but I had to find out myself.At the end of the day, I've gotten to the point I keep my plans on paper and in my head.