I see too many investors now, put a significant amount of money in rehab costs and over leverage themselves on hard money loans with low down payments, their properties are not selling and they are lucky to just payoff their current hard money loan via a DSCR refinance. 

The overhead to start a company is low, but the cost to scale is high. 

Does a cost seg or bonus depreciation actually help you in any way? 

The family viewed the house, loved it, and requested that I install satellite TV and add it to the costs, which I did.

The market between the 2 locations & resident class (Especially if you plan to self mange or find a PM company), Your future goals and the costs associated with moving and transferring to a new hospital. 

My strategy incorporates asset protection measures like LLCs, specific trusts as well as professional property management to spread risk and ensure quality operations.As well as using tax codes to my benfiitSection 179, IRC Section 162, Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation and later 1031 them out for larger projects. 

This approach is cost-efficient and eliminates the complexities of dual-state filings.

Run the comps, calculate repair costs, and plan multiple exit strategies so you maximize every deal—whether that’s wholesaling, flipping, or holding for cash flow.

We almost went with a loan that we have to pay all the cost upfront and then get reimbursed on the back end and that was just not something we were willing to do.

I've done this on one house in order to cut costs - since then, I've added a meter with the utility company but it's a good workaround for the short term.