As Account Closed said, all investments have the potential to lose money, but you also don't want to sit on the sidelines forever.

The original author of the Cost Segregation Studies guidelines in 2004 and its recent update in 2022 is the managing partner for my firm.

We don’t have a clause in our contract to account for this, and we have been actively looking for new renters with no luck so far.

Quote from @Cody Holt: Your equity is not a savings account from which you can withdraw for free.

Had not done a cost segregation study when I purchased these two homes, but understand you can calculate a value  to write off so you are not depreciating two roofs...using salvage value or producer price index.

@Angel Peng you can go the DBA route and use it to open a business bank account where tenants can make payments.You will need an actual mailing address though, not just a PO Box.

They encourage accountability groups and that has been positively impactful as well.

An ideal bank would  allows one to set aside tenant's deposit money in a separate account that earn decent interest and is landlord friendly.

There is zero accountability and ownership over major issues.

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