Bonus: invested through the Great Recession and lived to tell about it. 

Figure out your milage rate then the formula I use for monthly taxes is as such:Purchase price/2=x((x*milage rate)/1000)/12 or for an Xcel sheet here is my formula for monthly taxes:=((((B1/2)*C5)/1000)/12)B1= Purchase priceC5= Milage rateSo for my MI county it is as such for a 200k house200,000/2(100,000*52.7085)/10005270.85 per yearEDIT for bonus content:https://www.michigan.gov/taxes...

Has anyone tried cash bonuses on top of commissions?

You have your daughter in the area so that is always a bonus for peace of mind.

Most common reasons for numerous service calls:---You bought a crappy house with a lot of deferred maintenance issues---Tenants are causing the damage and need to be charged or removed---Poor quality of workmanship, so PMC should force handyman/contractor to be accountable---BONUS: a cost-effective solution was tried and failed, forcing a higher-priced solution.4) A good PMC will effectively do your bookkeeping for you via proper documentation and regular owner statements.

I mention it as a bonus for the area, andyour point is well taken.

Lots of people do it this way.The one drawback I see is right now you can't take depreciation in the IRA/ROTH/SIDRA...so with bonus depreciation right now to me that can be a pretty big deal. 

I go to a casino on Monday and roll the dice with no success.

Some commercial assets have even higher depreciation.Under the current bonus depreciation laws, a mobile home park with 50% leverage may allow you to depreciate over 100% of your investment in year one.

what is the added bonus of the double wide manufactured home?