After paying closing costs, title fees, appraisal, origination, underwriting, processing, legal and other fees, the typical refinance costs about 1.75 - 2.5% of the loan amount just in closing costs (obviously before people yell at me, this varies drastically by state, but having done loans all over the country I find this to be a pretty accurate estimate).  2) Keeping the average 2% cost in mind and the fact that people typically refinance when rates drop about .75% - 1% or more, I wanted to see if paying an extra point now when I was already paying all the closing costs to buy the rate down made sense. 1 point can get you between .5% - .625% off the rate depending on the days pricing and the coupon you are pricing. 

Key Benefits: First-Year Additional Deductions: The cost segregation study enabled the property owner to claim an extra $215,000 in deductions during the first year.

In my experience, the 2 inch blinds last longer, look way better and are worth the extra $$.

This extra scope of work make it over budget and start eating profits.

You could also airbnb your unit when you are traveling to make extra money

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain. 

It's easy to obtain, costs very little, and doesn't require extra, on-going effort to maintain.

I would need to use it as a STR part of the time to help cover the costs and for tax purposes, but I'm not really looking forward to "operating a STR business" and don't need a lot of extra cash flow (I have W2 job that I truly enjoy). 

Sometimes tenants want extra TI on new development than is standard so developer gets them to start out at inflated rent.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.