You can attend all the REIAs and read all the books and sign up for all the conferences, and spend all the money, and you are will never really know you can do it until you do.Over 20 years in real estate in various forms and roles, action will beat out intelligence or education or even network 100% of the time.  

Cost segregation can be a complicated topic, but I tried to break it down and make it easy to understand!Here is a newly created resource on BiggerPockets, which touches out cost segregation, accelerated depreciation,...

Inheriting it is the best option tax wise- because it gives you a step up in basis to the property's value on that date. 

However I am not sure its the best investment strategy for someone who is just getting started.

The cat is out of the bag in the MHC sector and this has caused prices to reach historic levels.

Here is my Cliff Notes on this elaborate example:If you have unused losses from the past, they might significantly soften the tax blow from a profitable sale.I don't see how this is called "strategic play" or "premium lemonade."

You'll find a lot of hard working contractors.Have something to write on as many of the contractors won't have business cards.You'll still want to screen them a bit because, "there's a reason they work with the hands, not their heads":)

This would be the safest money but probably the costliest.Don't build a house of cards, Tyler.

Can the zoning change after the fact? 

It's definitely worth the trouble.