The tax advantages of buying/holding gas stations are pretty great.Many of the components of gas stations including pumps, tanks, external parking areas, and other equipment are classified as either 5 or 15 year property so you can bonus depreciate a lot of it (minus the land value) and get significant deductions in year 1.With the current bonus depreciation rate at 60%, a $1 million gas station acquisition could still lead to $100K+ in year 1 deductions depending on the specifics of your deal.

We handpick properties, and guide them through the purchase, rehab, and management of the properties.  

They have all utilities on the property so we use electrical and then every couple of weeks we run a water hose to an external tote we use for our water.

You need to buy, rehab, rent, manage, refinance if the numbers make sense, don't if they don't, repeat if you identify the right property and if you have the capacity to properly manage, and maintain external sources of cashflow to really get it going. 

However, as you mentioned, appreciation is tied to external factors, making it less predictable in some markets.Greater Toledo Market:When looking at the Toledo area, there are certain neighborhoods where appreciation potential may outweigh cash flow, but it requires a strategic approach.

More seasoned investors, who have a better grasp of external factors and market dynamics, find C areas more appealing due to their higher potential for cash flow and equity returns, albeit at a higher risk that requires greater expertise and understanding.

Lucky that it was localized to the kitchen and one external wall.10. 

We own a single-family rental property with a spacious yard and an external garage that needs to be demolished.

Some external perspectives that I probably wouldn’t have been able to come up with on my own. 

IMHO Have campaigns for phone text email follow upHave a phone system Have a text system Have an email system Have chat both external and internal Have webforms Have RVMHave conference roomsHave file storage Have a CRM attached and seamlessly churning data  I use calltext.com however I also own it.