After reading this last post, I now know my skepticism was highly warranted. 10% management fee?

Contrast that to the bond market--the source of movement for all manner of interest rates--which frequently moves more than 8 times in any given second.In other words, the financial market is able to make its move well in advance of the Fed and that's a substantial part of the explanation for the drop in mortgage rates seen over the past year.

STR can be tough with the law changes that are frequently happening.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

i'm skeptical that it will 'cash flow' $400-500 a month if you're using a HELOC for the down payment. 

Our Realtor would frequently reference properties we were interested in as being "in the hood."

Pete and visit my family up there frequently. 

Here is a great article that walks through frequently asked questions on cost segregation studies: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1113749-cost-segregation-faqPartial Asset DispositionsA partial asset disposition allows real estate investors to write off the undepreciated value of building components that are replaced during renovations or those that are damaged/destroyed.

My concern was small single person businesses are subject to robberies which occurred frequently in the area in the early 1980's.The building was built in 1890 and NYC established building codes in the 1920's, and someone owned it all the while passed and my dad offered to purchase it but was beaten to it by a flipper who got it for $23K, and he bought it from the flipper for $25K.

One of the realtors was skeptical that I can get into this market for $200k, and, I agree, it's a bit of a stretch, but with the pay cut I'll be taking going down to Texas, that's about as much of a mortgage as we can afford on one income.