The more clarity you can offer, the easier it becomes to align with the right financing strategy.

W-2, 1099, etc.) with passive income/loss from rentals is to meet the IRS requirements for Real Estate Professional Status or REPS (this also requires material participation in addition to specific requirements to be considered a REPS).Once you have clarity on whether or not you can offset non-passive income with rental losses you can then explore cost seg to accelerate depreciation (and some of the accelerated depreciation from cost seg will impact year 1)...

PatriciaThe upcoming election seems to bring some volatility and also  hesitation  for real estate investors right now, sometime after November 10th I am sure we can have more clarity on what strategy to use :)

Maybe a little more clarity on your situation.I work with mostly high net worth business owners, and we use different plans to keep it on their balance sheet. 

This combined with actually getting a handle on the success rate of the leads I am getting will bring the clarity to my biz I am severely lacking.  

@Kelsey Vander Meulen , it is not essential who delivers the Notice; what is essential is the clarity of its delivery.

I just need more clarity on the best structure or "next best move". 

For clarity, my accountant helps me minimize how much I capitalize each year within the tax laws.

Definitely agree that clarity is the key.

Their time and experience is valuable, and most do want to help, but are busy like everyone else.Starting out is the hardest, because weldon't lack motivation, we tend to lack clarity on what we are trying to accomplish.