@John OksI recommend finding an accountant specializing in real estate taxation.

We're thus able to evaluate our rates, and keep pace with inflation, on a monthly and quarterly basis.

I would suggest you can expect mortgage rates to drop by a quarter of a point at a time (when the Fed meets)... and the way it's looking, probably not starting until 2025.  

Today.Better lose 25k now than lose 50k tomorrow.You should invest only and only IF cap rate has been stabilized for three quarter.

I am looking at some  properties to purchase and was wondering if the amount of depreciation claimed changes if I bought the property in say the 3rd quarter of the year versus the 1st.  

In the end it took 100k off my tax basis which is still a large increase but I can afford it without having to sell and it gives me a huge equity boost so my quarter million dollar house is now a half million dollar house but it being taxed at 400k which was bound to happen sooner or later.thanks everyone for the help! 

I include language in my lease allowing me to change the furnace filters (with 24 hour notice) which allows me to enter each of my rentals once a quarter. 

@David M.The better managed funds will have audited financial statements and typically also submit semi annual or quarterly reports.Those that go regulation a+ also have to submit to the sec so their information is all public.Like anything, some private are better than public and vice versa, really comes down to the sponsor/CEO and the team in the majority of instances.

If each of my contractors charged me $500 every time they pulled a permit, I'd have spent probably close to a quarter million dollars for contractor pulling permits over the past 8 years.Considering a typical permit costs about $50 and takes about 20 minutes of time (let's call it 60 minutes if you add in the extra driving time), that's means I should be paying no more than $100 to have a permit pulled -- the $50 for the permit and then up to about $50 for the contractor's time. 

Every GP, real estate investor, makes mistakes, doesn't time the market perfectly etc, looking for the perfect is the enemy of the good. good REITs right now, take a look at ADC - agree realty, does multi-tenant triple net large shopping centers and has better growth outlook than Realty income-O-, 6% vrs 4%, which is also great company, both stand to benefit from low supply of retail space, last 5-10 yrs construction-wise, and thus better rents going forward, and interest rates should fall near term, lowering Cap rates and increasing underlying asset values and sales proceeds (only hold REITS in a tax-sheltered account, 401k or IRA, due to high taxation of the dividends-ordinary income) Good Luck