Then you have the points and underwriting and processing fee which some may only have one.Overall, there are a few items in there that seem a bit high but in the grand scheme of things they are not way overblown or super high.

Red flags have been the opposites of the three items listed above!

I try and push my clients a bit more on year end items from October on so January isn't a Poop show for all parties. 

One item that you want to discuss with your CPA is the basis of the property when you convert your primary residence to a rental property.Best of luck.

There are a ton of action items requested after the information overload that takes place without much proactive follow-up.

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

Upon move out and receiving a portion of the security deposit, we were charged an over $400 cleaning fee in addition to some normal wear and tear items because they exceeded the apartments self calculated normal wear and tear allowance.

Many of them will actually let you buy the warranty after the item fails.

These action items are far more important than entity formation but get ignored. 

Bonus depreciation is just a special part of the US tax code.It allows you to take accelerated depreciation on portions of your property depending on when an asset is put into service.At the time of this writing, you can write off a huge portion (60% in 2024) of many qualified components that have a useful lifespan of 15 years or less.That means a certain percentage of things like landscaping, sidewalks, latches, appliances, fences, certain flooring, etc is depreciable in year 1.The bonus depreciation rate percentage changes yearly depending on the administration and the tax code.For years 2015 through 2017 first-year depreciation for all the items on a 15-year schedule or less was set to 50%.It was scheduled to go down to 40% in 2018 and 30% in 2019 and then 0% in 2020.But then Trump got elected, and he enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.That moved the bonus depreciation percentage to 100% from 2017 to 2022.In 2023 it went down to 80% and it’s currently at 60%.Depending on who gets elected again, 100% may be back on the table.Only time will tell.We know that the US government wants to incentivize more development and ownership of RE.They want Americans to continue to build and maintain our physical world.That’s why real estate is one of the most tax-advantaged assets in the US.Depreciation and bonus depreciation for RE are very positive and will likely continue in the years ahead.