Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Quote from @Spencer Dixon: I'm familiar with concept and benefits of bonus depreciation but I'm not sure where the current law stands and the bill that was floating around congress.

Normally I do not post negative stuff, but the above and particularly termination fee for doing nothing irked me a great deal. 

But every day investors buy less than desirable property utilizing high leverage debt at high interest rates producing high risk of negative cash flow and built in negative equity.  

But very unlikely with W2 income and a full time job.But this is an awesome concept as you could basically collect rental income for several years and never be taxed on it due to passive loss carryforwards if those build up. 

It's not uncommon for Class A rentals to negative cashflow for the first 3-5 years, until rents increase at a higher rate than taxes & insurance increase.While this can be an unpleasant situation, Class A properties tend to appreciate the most and attract the best/easiest tenants.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Thanks that’s very helpful, I’m just starting to look at alternatives to simply selling stock since I now see how negatively impactful that would be to my long net worth so I’ll be exploring the options you mentioned, thanks again!

That impacts me negatively now (compared to 6%), but supposedly was to prevent IRS questioning/audit in the future.