When you say, "You'll deal with the other stuff on your 2017 tax return next year. Those other expenses incurred (such as maintenance fees for example) will be amortized and depreciated/deducted over time."
Do you really mean "in the tax return for the year it is placed in service"? and you are presuming that will be 2017?
I've paid a full year of maintenance costs with no resolution of the issue yet. I have new legal expenses now too.
