My employer offered a 25% pay increase, a relocation bonus of $5000(pre-tax), and a guaranteed pay for 40hrs/week.

I really need some help understanding the bonus depreciation tax laws. 

I've not looked at what I could get for rent ahead of time, like you have, but it's a large apartment with 1 bedroom, 2 other rooms (office plus bonus room, etc) plus a brand new open concept kitchen, with its own separate entrance and garage access. 

The study identifies with forensic engineering detail the immediate Bonus Depreciation 5, 7 and 15-year personal property class lives qualifying portions of a building that are normally buried in 27.5 year residential or 39 year commercial categories.The Cost Segregation Study was performed on the Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) and is based on a 40% tax bracket for State and Federal Taxes.

Bonus checks like that sure, but that's when tapping some of the equity accruals. 

So my brief side note is only added because Sean's post could be misinterpreted.It's not like the Senate had a problem with bonus depreciation.

bonus points if it somehow links to quickbooks so it's easier to keep them aligned.Alternative question: CPAs - what tools/formats do you prefer your clients to use to give you the information needed, so you can calculate their depreciation?

Bonus: Find homes that can be easily divided into 2 units (e.g. main house upstairs with separate downstairs area including bedroom, bathoom, wet bar and separate entrance).

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AND, bonus point, no Indians to worry about, They settled down a long time ago.