For my wife's account the total fees to do this was a one time $75 fee. 

Quote from @Tyler Kesling: @Randall Alan- Totally valid points.

The loss created by section 179 is limited to your total net taxable income amount from all "active" business income you have, plus any W-2 income. 

My wife's siblings have built 2 house on this land as there own houses they are living in The property is a total of 15 acre and each siblings got a portion of the property.

Paying for the fundamental knowledge of how to invest is total bull$hi+ and it makes me mad.

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

So the total return is probably better than just the 'cash flow.'

Financial Highlights•Acquisition Price: $72,000•Renovation Costs: $35,600•Total Investment: $107,600•Funds: raised from personal savings and private lender How did you add value to the deal?

With that being said, appreciation is certainly something to always consider here in SD.Example of current property for sale, $1,800,000 asking price (25% down) - 4 units $10,200 total monthly rents (pro forma) - rental market has seen softening as of late$9,770/month after assuming 5% vacancy rate.$8,981 mortgage at 7%$2,918 expenses monthly 33.38% of Gross rental income (Prop mgt, maintenance reserve, utilities, Prop Taxes, Insurance, other)$6,852 NOI/monthly ($2,129) negative monthly cash flow..Same scenario with 50% down, $864 positive monthly cash flowNot saying it's the best use of capital or the only way to do it, instead providing an example using an available market opportunity to share what the numbers look like. 

Like I said before, I have been consuming as much of his content as I can lately (I just started listening about 2 weeks ago) and am thinking of possibly even joining the RAL Room mastermind too.