I’m looking at a 20k bonus later this year (which my wife wants us to pay down debt with) but I think I’m going to use that to get started.

Right now only about 1-2% of my revenue comes from GVR.I can imagine GVR becoming pay-to-play and you having to spend money to gain traffic from it at some point, but if you are working with a PMS that offers that integration for free (shameless plug of Hospitable.com 😉 full disclosure, I work there) then right now any traffic or bookings you do get are a great bonus!

I recommend that, instead, investors view appreciation as icing on the cake, a bonus that will assist in the investment but is not the basis of that investment.

Additionally, you can do a cost segregation of the property and take bonus depreciation creating additional tax savings.Beyond short term rentals, I think buying a triplex or property every two years as a primary residence and then renting out the unit you lived in and repeating this every two years is one of the best ways to accumulate a portfolio of properties with little down with property tax savings while you live in the property.Then, it will be surprising how quickly the equity builds up as other people pay for your asset that you then can pull equity out and buy a larger apartment building after you have learned about property management from owning the smaller rental properties.To Your Success!

For example, if this $1,000 was spent on appliances, you can deduct it as maintenance which hurts your lending profile, or you can deduct it via bonus depreciation that does not affect lending.

Smith, who says he’d been investing in stocks and startups for years but didn’t know much about real estate, says Scoutpads was offering referral bonuses to users who brought new investors to the fund.

Any insight on whether the ROI would be worth it or other considerations I am missing would be much appreciated.I have a similar looking 3rd floor space that I just finished making into an office/bonus room.

The house will stay in my father's name for now, so we want most of the repairs to be paid by him for depreciation purposes (he will be doing cost segregation and taking bonus depreciation later this year).

Appreciation is "bonus".

You don’t get the same benefits as newer STR as your purchase date was before 100% bonus depreciation.