Our current society tells you to take shortcuts, which is why you end up with $75,000 in student loan debt, thinking it would somehow propel you to riches and glory faster.

Marginal business practices, bending rules, short cuts... all caught up with him and those (generally) who were not a "quality mentor" or a "quality trainer".

Many things go wrong in construction, some of which are unavoidable, how the contractor handles those issues is paramount and speaks volumes to their abilities (or lack there of in the cases above).There are no short cuts to construction or dealing with the building and safety/planning departments in cities, they are slower than turtles in almost all cases.

Shortcut your learning curve by learning from experienced players who do what you want to do. 2.)

Your CPA's took a "short cut"  They included the 2022 depreciation along with the 2023.  

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.

But it's also possible that they will take a shortcut once, then the next purchase will be another shortcut, and eventually it will come back to bite them.

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.