I only know a few local realtors/ property managers I’m going to meet with them this week to ask more questions. 

With the current language of the statute, after you exhaust Sec. 179 and 168(k), you cannot take them "again" in a future year unless that's part of whatever the new tax bill is going to be.

What are you going to do?

Point being if you are leveraged to the hilt with no cash how are you going to make those required repairs etc?  

Many lenders will limit to 65LTV for Foreign Investors, but there are some exceptions who will go to 70LTV or even 75LTV. 

We do lending and we ask the question - if you have been doing this for ten years and don't have any money where did it all go? 

We have an LOI accepted on a property where the seller is going to carry roughly half of the 25% down payment.

The more they move in the longer they stay--- you never know what their needs are going to be.

Great reason for not pulling deductions forward.I have been retired from a W2 job for some time and my income is at an all time high and will just keep going up with more RE investments. 

If the condo association allows for short-term rentals, it most likely is not going to be HUD approved, which will mean each unit has to be purchased in cash or using a Non-QM loan.