Centralize your back office / use remote employees / VA where appropriate to cut costs and improve service levels / responsiveness.  5.

On a 2M property you should be able to write off roughly 300-400k, so that would cut your real estate income down for years, but not your W2, because I don't think you would be able to claim RE professional status. 750 hrs and min 50% of your time.

That cost me about $1,000 each time. 

I would also try to minimize expenses through decreasing cleaning costs, installing smart tech like a thermostat to control utility costs, etc.5.

You can usually get a lender to go 85% of cost or 70% of the As Completed Value for such a project.

That would mark the third rate cut in a row, a full percentage point lower since they started cutting in September.

Most cost segregation firms will provide a free cost/benefit analysis quote to help you determine if the tax benefits from the study will outweigh the costs.

Cost segregation utilizes the MACRS approach.

I would highly encourage paying a GC to walk deals out the gate, have them give a scope of work so you can see what items costs.

Used houses in the area sell anywhere from $75-125 a square foot.These are long term rentals that I do not plan to sell.I am reading the Rental Property Investing book and implementing the method that focuses on cash flow and that strategy states you need to have $300 cash flow per month, per property.