That’s the key benefit.As for the cost segregation study, whether or not it makes sense really depends on your tax situation.

Probably depends on the location and part of town if neighbors care or notice. 

Depending on your market, you can look up sold properties on Zillow.

This question is definitely very location dependent - licensing across state-lines is a tricky thing to navigate so depending on the size of the lender they may operate in one metropolis or all over the country.

The accounting software that you choose should not impact your relationship with your accountant as long as you can provide them a report that is easy to read and understand.I would suggest, if possible, to change softwares at the start of a year as it would make things easier.Furthermore, make sure you to carryover all balance sheet ending balances to your new accounting software.Best of luck

Would depend on the full situation though if that would be possible.

It'll be property specific depending on the condition but I'd say anywhere around 5% is going to be a number to start with. 5% cap ex. 8-10% for management. 5% for vacancy.

Depending on how much equity in the property would be key as you cannot borrow 100%, if its investment property 80% is max typically. 

I'm in the no pet camp, but some of it depends on the property.

You could run into issues down the line without one, depending on your business structure.