Once you have chosen several providers that you believe to be a good fit, speaking with people who have been around for a while, getting recommendations, reading referrals, and doing your due diligence is all very important.

Flat paint is often chosen because it is less expensive and hides imperfections better.

When the bonus election is chosen, then the portion of the property's value with a useful life of 20 years or less can be taken as a passive loss in the year the property is purchased.Since bonus depreciation is derived from the portion of the property's value with a shorter useful life than the buildings themselves, the property types that are the most favorable to generate bonus depreciation will be those with a high degree of "land improvements".

The San Diego average RE using your numbers would have been close to $1m prior to the rate increase.I suspect your start date was chosen to help make your point.  

Obviously we are all biased since this is the market we have chosen so we really believe in it, but the information you get from us, combined with your own research, should provide you with enough to choose one and focus on it.

Have you chosen single-family or multi-family?

My summary "how to arb and scale your way to future potential disaster because you were too cheap to buy well chosen properties."

In addition, I would enjoy hearing about what opportunities/careers you have chosen while building/managing your own investment portfolios.

However, often it's those that work a little harder to learn the creative strategies that do well while others watch from the sidelines or settle for a couple hundred bucks a month in cash flow.Now that you've chosen a strategy and property type, the question is - how do you run the numbers?

Obviously they can be done for more or less depending on chosen materials and much more if unforeseen problems pop up.