And since he gave it away as a bonus on one of the Go Pro bonuses I think he sees it as a tool for all of us, not a way for him to make money. 

Having a unique name is a bonus in a business with 1000’s of Realtors.

As a server I am making about $40k-55K a year, $3-5k a month, and my partner (23), who has a salary of $60k/year plus bonus. 

Property was off-market and purchased with no contingencies for asking price; the sellers generously agreed to 15K in repairs as a nice bonus.

Property was off-market and purchased with no contingencies for asking price; the sellers generously agreed to 15K in repairs as a nice bonus.

W2s are used to prove income history and stability in the case he is using commission income or bonus income to qualify.

He gets a referral bonus for the successful referral, and then the LLC gets the sign up bonus for the new account and then an additional bonus if $x is spent in the first 90 days or what ever that card requires. 

In simple terms, a cost segregation study will permit real estate owners to both accelerate depreciation and significantly increase the deductions by utilizing bonus depreciation.

I invested in real estate syndications that do cost segregation and bonus depreciation. 

Is it only because we have it as a primary first and it happens to have this added bonus of tax-free appreciation if sold within the first 5 years or lived in for the first 2 or whatever the rule is?