Bonus depreciation is an incredible tax benefit, but when you take the time to combine it with the right property and sponsor, that will prove to be a wining formula.Disclaimer: I am not a tax advisor or CPA.

I made some nice curb appeal improvements, added parking spot rentals, added the U-haul dealer, improved internet presence, advertised in local papers and are affiliated with MySpareFoot.

Poor little Bob-- complaining because some woman that 'you don't even know' was mean to you on the internet. 

And that's fine, too.There is an apartment operator that has multiple real estate cycles of experience (decades) with no money lost, low 65% less LTV, and high 10%+ skin in the game.They market under 506B so are prohibited from posting publicly on the Internet and instead function by referrals.

Nelson Nash developed the concept in the early 80s but the product the concept utilizes has been around for much, much longer.Since you brought up term insurance (which is temporary w/ no cash value accumulation or dividends), oftentimes a policy will be supplemented by term insurance in the form of a rider that allows one to increase their death benefit such that they can store more cash in their policy without triggering IRS MEC limits and therefore be subject to tax hits.The concept and its value proposition is incredibly misunderstood (and sadly often abused) but the reality is it works.

There are some "lenders" out there who "do" incredibly high leverage or 100% financing, but be wary of these as they often try to renegotiate terms before closing/run out of capital/go bankrupt.

Partnering with them have been incredible.

Someone on the internet has a different opinion.  

Well, this is the internet, and by golly you can believe in boogie men if you want   

Incredibly clumsy roll out on VRBO's part.