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The past five years here in Oregon I've focused almost exclusively on investor related acquisitions and sales of vacation rentals, multi family complexes and commercial real estate. 

The purest example of a capital appreciation investor is the investor who buys a parcel of undeveloped land or a city lot with the idea of allowing development to “catch up” to his acquisition and then sell to the highest bidder.  

We have closed on last three acquisitions with local credit unions here in Greenville SC. 

Let’s say that the pref is due in three years—you have to be confident that you can sell or refinance (for an amount of the acquisition loan plus the pref equity) in three years or less.  

One thing to confirm is the interest deduction on the HELOC, primary V investment as it pertains to the next acquisition.

Liquidity is very important now.The hard work lies in acquisition and execution.

I have enough for 20% down of the $7 Million I would have budgeted for but wouldn't have enough again to cover the acquisition cost and then interest payments on a construction loan.Any help is appreciated Thank you

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.

Once you do this you’ll be able to leverage your holdings for the rental acquisition