I would like to offer a different perspective on RTR Academy based on my experience, which, unfortunately, has not been great so far.

From a tax perspective if i am a passive investor how do i stand to gain from deprciation?

Understanding what’s going on out there is so important, and your perspective helps bring awareness to thatI 

You can probably rent it out for between $1,200 and $1,400, so from a cash flow perspective, that’s just shy of the 1% rule that’s often talked about here."

From a $ perspective you get the same amount of appreciation, depreciation, loan pay down, but here you have cashflow and if if a tenant moves out, you are only 50% vacant instead of 100% vacant.- Generally the same logic applies as above.  

I see the original post was made almost 3 years ago, so I’m definitely curious how your perspective might have evolved given the market’s ups and downs since then.

James' book has a bit of a different perspective and I think both are valuable to expand your knowledge and experience.  

I know, sorta defeats the purpose of an LLC from a financial perspective, but gets the job done.

COMBINED FROM BOTH DUPLEX SO ITS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE YES THIS YEAR WAS HARD AND HEART BREAKING BUT ITS ALL ABOUT THE RESPONSE AFTER GETTING KNOCKED DOWN ! 

I think that VG here has a pretty great perspective.