Others apply boot to capital gains first on the basis that the depreciation recapture should be deferred along with the accumulated depreciation being rolled over into the replacement property.

the conditions are varied but majority of blds are classified as D bld and "high" crime neighborhoods high for maine not usa but some sporadic improvements are being realized around court house, canal by river, canal by rt 495, kennedy park, and ice arena by high school. outside this area is much safer and better quality overall conditions, neighborhoods esp near bates college, or closer to highway. more sfr and less multis.many use local long term experienced property management teams unless your strong experienced landlord with systems in place. i have rented too and be inside many lewiston buildings. some transplants have cultural programming like keeping or killing or processing livestock in apartments cupboards and trash accumulation is issue. i have dealt with many lewiston applicants and my experience many with high percent of eviction and or conviction history or both. most are limited by section 8 rules. many my tenants were on younger side, and many had mmj cards and smoke indoors. allow friends couch surf, but some are entrepreneurial but have wrong product. deals can be had. but don't scrimp on professional inspections, or onsite interviews. buildings can be fixed much easier than tenants can.be very careful of flipping single family homes in this tree block area. it wont likely be sold to live in homeowner but rented out by displaced local.

Although my already accumulated student debt is in deferment (I am currently in school now), I figure that this may be my best route to get started as opposed to going with a conventional loan through a bank .

There are an infinite number of ways to get the capital to start, but for most of us, we'll accumulate it the hard way - by earning money from our day job/business, spending less than we earn, and slowly accumlating the portfolio.

Scope: New kitchen, new bath, refinished the 95 year old white oak (front of house) & birch (hallways & bedrooms) floors, retrimming some areas to remediate shoddy work that had accumulated over the years, lots of cracked plaster repair, restored painted door & window hardware, and fresh paint throughout.

I'm just starting out also, and trying to slowly accumulate as many cash flowing rentals as possible while I keep my full time job.

To give you insight into my thought process...right now, while I'm still trying to accumulate knowledge but still desiring to get in the game with my first rental, the idea of buying through Roofstock is very appealing to me.

I was under the impression that WCAP usually refers to Wealth Capital Accumulation and Preservation, which is still finance related.

You can wait each year as prices accumulate 2-5% a year or you can jump in and lock in your cost for the next 30 years buy getting a 30 year fixed loan.Trying to time a drop in a market doesn't work for long term hold investors.  

I am looking for any advice in presenting available deals to other private investors in order to help accelerate my accumulation of rental properties.