Quote from @Chris Kittle: Quote from @Trevor Finn: Hi @Chris Kittle,Your list covers the essentials!

So being conservative we would say you gain $46k in equity ($1.15m times 4%) plus cash flow (which I would argue is basically nothing after vacancy, repairs, capex) plus principle portion of debt pay down (you’ll have to look at your statements and figure this out).

So the seller is essentially saying the tenant is paying 25 days late each month with their permission.

Imagine you bought a property for $2M.The land (excluding any structures) is valued at $400K.Since land is not depreciable in the eyes of the IRS, we subtract the land value from your purchase price to get your depreciable basis.Your depreciable basis is simply where a cost seg engineer starts from when allocating your eligible assets into either 5, 7, or 15 year property.In the scenario above, your starting basis would be $1.6M since your basis = your purchase price - the land value.Having an accurate land value is essential to getting your depreciation/bonus depreciation calculations right.This is the starting point for any cost seg study that you do.

That says a lot about you and don't give those principles up! 

@Ryan YuWhen you refinance a property, you’re essentially taking a loan against the equity in that property.

They provide essentially all the tools under one roof for you. 

To that end, in most cases even if the properties are owned within an entity, the principles (investors) will need to personally guarantee the debt.

Essentially there are investors out there that can build a large enough portfolio with little debt that can cash flow enough for a great life.If you want to scale to many properties then you will want to consider leveraging your existing properties.

For that year 12k essentially increasing your taxesThen the rental 3 (Negative 15k) is carried over since over 150 AGISo it actually looks like the rentals had a 12k profit overall that year when it was more -3kAppreciate any guidance@John Davey to avoid any confusion for other investors that might be reading this post and @Austin Cheatham response.