lots of good books out there on this but I personally boil things down into the following 6 categories. 1. seller finance2.

Right now only about 1-2% of my revenue comes from GVR.I can imagine GVR becoming pay-to-play and you having to spend money to gain traffic from it at some point, but if you are working with a PMS that offers that integration for free (shameless plug of Hospitable.com 😉 full disclosure, I work there) then right now any traffic or bookings you do get are a great bonus!

We started taking the Houston phone book which was huge and by category and just flip pages and put our finger down without looking for a selection. 

With Denver facing an affordable housing crisis, this change falls under the category of "Duh, about time." 

This would fall into that category - pretty much everything does. 

@Tom Gimer  heck of a stretch of an argument…regulating commerce which IS specifically mentioned in the constitution as a government function doesn’t fall under any of those categories. 

The category 1 investors  buys in stagnant markets where they likely feel as if  they are running in place  and the inefficiencies of owning SFH's wipes out cash flow

I recommend that, instead, investors view appreciation as icing on the cake, a bonus that will assist in the investment but is not the basis of that investment.

Additionally, you can do a cost segregation of the property and take bonus depreciation creating additional tax savings.Beyond short term rentals, I think buying a triplex or property every two years as a primary residence and then renting out the unit you lived in and repeating this every two years is one of the best ways to accumulate a portfolio of properties with little down with property tax savings while you live in the property.Then, it will be surprising how quickly the equity builds up as other people pay for your asset that you then can pull equity out and buy a larger apartment building after you have learned about property management from owning the smaller rental properties.To Your Success!

For example, if this $1,000 was spent on appliances, you can deduct it as maintenance which hurts your lending profile, or you can deduct it via bonus depreciation that does not affect lending.