Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

Here's what I was told by CSSI after giving them some info on my home: We estimate we can accelerate the depreciation of your property in the first 3 years by $22,197 in the first year through a cost segregation study performed by our firm.

The study identifies with forensic engineering detail the immediate Bonus Depreciation 5, 7 and 15-year personal property class lives qualifying portions of a building that are normally buried in 27.5 year residential or 39 year commercial categories.If you have had a cost segregation study performed on your property within the past 10 years, have you evaluated it recently for additional benefits that could be obtained?

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

They may have an appraiser or broker perform a BPO (what they did for me) and so you need to be very sure the value is there. 

Vacancy is based on the area norm and the past performance of the property, so not a set amount. 

Here is a great example why.I recently saw this asset come across my desk which was a non performing loan where the seller was a year behind (they made one payment I believe - even though they were allegedly properly underwritten).

If you are looking in the Branson market, give him a call (417) 973-1987Super exciting - keep us posted on the property performance!

The only potential problem is a very old and changing interpretation of the validity of doing this when performing a 1031 exchange. 

It's a large financial investment; hence I'm performing my due diligence....something every savvy investor would do before making a deal.