Any insight on neighborhoods to target for LTR, or lakes to target for STR (open to non lakes as well).  

We purchased a property in early October and are placing it in service this week (mid November).We had intended to run a cost segregation study and try to accelerate depreciation which we can deduct against our W2 (assuming material participation).However, we have been reading through the IRS guidelines (eg publication 946 on Property Depreciation) and there seems to be the concept of "short year" which would mean that we can only deduct ~1.5/12 of a year's worth of depreciation in 2024.Is this correct or are there any different rules for STRs specifically?

So, non GLA living space still needs to be assigned a value. 

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Investors buy shares and earn returns through dividends and potential stock price appreciation.You typically can’t lose more than your initial investment with publicly traded REITs.

its those dreamers that get hoodwinked by fake lenders that tell them what they want to hear just to get some non refundable due diligence money up front on deals they know will never go because the borrower is as you describe or the property aint worth it.

NMLS Consumer Access is a fully searchable website that allows the public to view information concerning state-licensed companies, branches, and individuals licensed and registered through NMLS.

We only do Drive up Access, non climate controlled.I ask customers how they found us.

Absence fraud, the success of the limitation will often depend on action which regard the entity as separate from the individual and other entities; separate bank accounts, attention to organizational structure, filing of entity documents, non commingling of funds, etc.  

If it's not, communicate quite clearly with them That their issue is a non issue.