I have a few ideas/tools in mind to get into my first deal, although I don't have to execute all of them if they don't make sense financially: 1.

The only way you could get to 3 quality STRs with that $80,000 is if you use the BRRRR method and execute it absolutely perfectly. and get all of your capital back + some extra to cover furnishing on every deal.

It seems like the American system (tax code, AFR, etc.) is set up to reinforce usury.

They way things are communicated or how they are executed can have disastrous outcomes. 

It started with just weekends but now we are getting weekly bookings from executives in town for work booked by their company.  

Even the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) recommends that their CPAs get a cost segregation study done on properties over a purchase price of $750k.

Red flags to look for are brokers offering both QM and nonQM products, such as VA and FHA loans concurrent with hard money and DSCR.At the end of the day, it really boils down to if you trust the account executive/loan officer not to misrepresent the terms for the deal.

I am excited for the opportunity to execute on a buy and hold strategy.

Properly executed, an investment in these types of property can garner substantial passive losses, often equal to the amount of capital invested (or more) even in years where the benefit begins to sunset.A few words of caution: - The tax benefit is valid as long as the gain incurred from the sale of property AND the investment with bonus depreciation occur in the same calendar year. - Be careful not to let the "tax tail" wag the dog.

It's a simple math (Geometry/logic and Algebra/execution) problem.