Quote from @Melanie Baldridge: Newton's law of tax: What goes down must come up.Everyone enjoys the sweet benefits of bonus depreciation, but what happens when you sell?

Well, if the FMV of the house is at or near $300k based on reasonable comps, and there's no legitimate benefit to the client's offer (i.e. all cash, fast closing, no contingency, whatever), I'd probably quit working with them because there's really little to gain working with cheapskates and bums who just want to steal other people's property.

If so then you should have a serious conversation with your cpa to figure out the tax benefits of pursuing one strategy over another?  

You're already thinking about long-term benefits, and it's great that you're bringing your contractor husband's expertise into the equation.To alleviate some of the stress, I recommend starting by focusing on quality properties in solid areas where you can add value.

Otherwise a total waste of time and money.Likewise entities, "building my team", "setting everything up correctly" and all that other fluff that benefits only people who set it up for you. 

They presented a juicy case study to illustrate the benefit of depreciation recapture shifting from cost-segregated personal property to real property.

Comparing bids would be a good way to do sanity checks on pricing, If they have portfolios they can show you, that will benefit you a lot as well

Renting it out now could help cover the mortgage, and you’d benefit from any appreciation over the next two years.

However, those few who are financially saavy and have integrity and grit I believe will benefit from it until they are able to have enough experience to go off and do their own thing, charge less fees and be able to have more repeat business while keeping a much higher ROI themselves.And NO, i've never been in this program, been around much longer than he even thought of this revenue stream. 

I feel like I am asking for pretty good terms that would benefit him, and if he wants different terms, let me know.