Stanford owns and operates two dry cleaning businesses. He travels to Boston to discuss acquiring a restaurant. Later in the month, he travels to New York to discuss acquiring a bakery. Stanford does not acquire the restaurant but does purchase the bakery on November $1,2023.$

Round per month amount to the nearest dollar and use rounded amount in subsequent computations.

Stanford 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 $2023$ for investigation expenses?

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