Depreciation will continue to provide tax savings for years to come, of course.Appreciation isn't cash earnings, of course, until the property is sold, but it does factor into the overall wealth building opportunity in real estate investing.

These factors cause a bit of anxiety and have led to this whole re-evaluation.

And of course factoring in insurance and taxes.

There's just too many factors that can go wrong with these types of deals if you're overleveraged from the jump.And, sometimes we want these deals to work so badly that we fudge some of the numbers during our underwriting process to show some "cash flow" just so we can get into the deal.

Research markets, consider factors like job growth, population trends, and property prices.

@Nicholas Foy average sales price in The Eye was $87,944 in 2023.We consider it a Class C- Nieghborhood.So, tenants will probably have FICO scores under 580.Means you may want to use a Vacancy/Tenant nonPerformance factor of 20%+ in your metricsYou'll also need a real good team on the ground to minimize losses.

I’ve been hearing a lot about cost segregation studies and have a few questions…- What are some of the key factors that determine whether a cost segregation study makes sense?

There are a lot of factors to consider here, but if you can keep your current residence as a rental, I would do that, possibly even a STR or MTR. 

- Need to consider cost of property manager- Home insurance I heard is higher in FL- More landlord friendly I heardAny and all thoughts, critiques, suggestions, or whatever factors I haven't considered would be much appreciated.

That is something to factor in as well.