By reducing your basis through accumulated depreciation, you effectively increase the taxable gain when you sell the property.It's essential to keep accurate records of depreciation, as it can have a significant impact on your tax liability when you sell the property.

junk mail, from random companies, with spookily accurate details on your current mortgage?

Once Homeroom are on premises, they can also make an accurate edit to the planned reno and repair estimate.Ok that's all for now, I gotta run.

You all are likely far more accustomed to running accurate numbers on appts so I am giving your opinions heavy weight in my decision but also trying to vet the specifics of this property.  

I am more concerned about calculating accurate expenses and how operationally intensive it really is.  

That question will require an essay to answer every part of your question :) With stocks, you mostly gamble on appreciation.

I have already ran all utilities from my original rehab budget but need about 30k more to finish.Now im 22 and really took the gamble putting most of my money into the original deal so savings isn't really an option.

A sham is not an accurate description for what it is.

If you're going to flip, it could work, but you would need to analyze the properly for that approach -- which would included getting detailed and accurate estimate on repair costs. 

Plus an investor/agent knows and understands the numbers, they can estimate rehabs more accurately as well.