Stanford owns and operates two dry cleaning businesses. He travels to Boston to aquire a restaurant. Later in the month, he travels to New York to discuss aquiring a bakery. Stanford does not acuire the restaurant but does aquire the bakery on November 1, 2022.

Stand incurred the following expenses:

Total investigation costs related to the restaurant $28,000

Total investigation costs related to the bakery $51,000

What is the maximum amount Stanford can deduct in 2022 for investigation expense?