Reminder:Ground improvements qualify for bonus depreciation.This includes various landscaping.Roads and external parking areas.Sidewalks and pathways.Fences.Utility systems (including the installation or improvements to water, sewage, drainage, and electrical systems).Outdoor lighting.Rec facilities (like playgrounds, sports courts, and swimming pools).And more.It's a big category for depreciation/bonus depreciation that we love.

Aspen and Vail are not just tourist destinations but have also become refuges for billionaires seeking luxury homes with access to ski slopes, adventure sports, and total exclusivity.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

To depend on the rates to drop substantially to cover refi cost is a gamble.

One learns very quickly and unfortunately usually the hard way that cash tenants are a huge gamble and that section 8 is the only way to find healthy, consistent, positive cash flow in Detroit and many of the other inner cities accross America.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

And your gambling a LOT of $ on trying something out, via purchasing a property to try the waters.     

It's like gambling for them but will want a much higher pref and much higher equity upside from syndicator because of little to no track record.

I would take the gamble that rates will fall on their own over the next 3 years and live with the result. 

In some cases, gross income can include recurring capital gains or unrealized income, winnings from a day of gambling, rental income, and sometimes even interest earned on retirement accounts.