Principal Paydown:  Cash Flow:  Tax Benefits: Savings from depreciation and interest deductions.For a deal to make sense, at least three of these components—home appreciation, cash flow, and principal paydown—need to be strong.

This includes structural components of the building.

I was pretty naive going in and the legal components I learned may have prevented me from expensive legal issues at some point.

I think new investors heavily overlook the skill component needed to successfully pull off a renovation to then rent out properly.

That in itself is a skill and a needed over head component to keep from having investors get very antsy and then take to SM because they are not getting their e mails returned that day or next .. 

Subsidizing "investors" has been 1 of many components that have to a stagflationary-esqe economic environment.

Here's the key components to calculate your tax liabilityAdjusted cost basis - Is the purchase price, plus capital improvements, minus depreciation.

It is standard practice and component level depreciation is encouraged by the IRS.Though it is very important to track you time as you go along.

Big lenders like Flagstar that have a servicing component are currently using their servicing business insight to go after refinance business internally.

If the house has all major components in working order a few cosmetic items doesn't make it not livable.