A cost segregation study is a great way to reduce your taxes, but remember, not every cost segregation study is the same.When considering different cost segregation firms do your Circular 230 Due Diligence and ask:- Does the firm have engineering licenses with the State Authorities, proper licenses overall, and proper insurance?

Despite them all being deep blue tenant friendly cities, they are also the engines of wealth creation in this country and therefore over a long period (20+ years) are likely to outperform everything else.At the end of the day, you need to come up with an investment thesis you believe in.

I repair them myself (I knock out the cardboard stiles and replace them with solid pine) but the ones right out of the store are pure junk.

We have several options to minimize squatters and breakins to steal mechanicals:1) Remove Mechanicals (so can't be stolen), install ArmorGuard doorjamb reinforcement to make it harder to kick in doors and use double-key deadbolts so entry thru a window still doesn't allow opening of a door for greater access.2) Install DAWGS which are metal screens that replace doors and cover windows to deter entry.

I look up as much information as I can through search engines but in todays world, a lot of people have more unique jobs and I do not want to call only the numbers the applicant has provided.

Then structure the purchase of your investments in a way where you or your spouse can retire.You might be able to buy 1-2 properties every year and maybe after 7-8 years have enough properties to replace one spouse or both spouses income.With that said, income from rentals are going to be better than other income types since the cash-flow will be shielded by depreciation.

The time frames of 45 days for identification of replacement(s) and the 180 days to close are hard and fast.

I think the only way to get people off door-count is via replacing it with another singularity metric to obsess over, in essence swapping out 1 addiction for another. 

That's it, just want, no responsibility of preparing to obtain, care for oh heck no fix things, lol, that's been replaced with throw it out and buy MORE...... 

Remember there was 2 miles of ice on top of MN until it all went away, before humans invented their first engine.