The date you are able to take depreciation is when the property is ready for renting (i.e. advertising for rent or obtaining a certificate of occupancy).

We've never advertised.

How do you advertise your vacant units?

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

A foosball table, a "Log Cabin (or other trendy) theme", or 3-jet shower probably have a better place in an STR than an MTR.

This is a big one  this disclosure must also be in all advertising of the wholesaler including SM.

We don't allow any "deal-making" in the forums, which includes advertising your services or properties, looking for partners, etc.

Cost $500 per mailing and my timeI paid to have 10,000 post card mailers sent out by a company, took a month for them to go out after they designed and submitted the order - 5 unproductive calls - Cost (Too embarrassing to mention) Didn't receive feedback which address were no goodI paid to have advertising inserts I designed into the weekly coupon mailer.

Lots of gurus advertising how easy it is in order to sell a course or whatever else.

Great resource for advertising your property, but not so great for screening.