A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

No one understands (except the PM) why it cost $100 to send the maintenance guy to change $3 worth of batteries. 

If you have favorable terms on those first mortgages, you might find that a HELOC or a second-position loan is more cost-effective than doing a full refinance or a DSCR loan.

Today it has a small positive cash flow for its equity, but the value is up ~$1m above my costs.  

Going this route is more involved and that makes it more costly too.

I wouldn't build the ADU just yet because like it was mentioned it cost more than you can really make a good return on.

It sounds like you might be doing a little eraser math (making a deal work from not estimating enough for costs) so beware of that.

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