If you rewatch the YouTube videos through the lens of knowing what happened, you can pick out lots of lies: “Nurses and doctors rent these properties”, “C class properties are easier to manage than class A properties”, promising 12% returns without lifting a finger, etc. bottom line is Clayton and Natali should not have put themselves in a position to be trusted with people’s life savings.

In my mind, cost segregationist/tax strategists focus on depreciation schedules whereas CPAs are trying to get more of your money back to you from a tax perspective with a much wider lens.

Looking from the lens of an investor, I would still demand a sizeable chunk of the deal if I'm coming in with 90% of the capital.

An idea for Google Glass may be you are standing in the driveway of a potential deal and public records information on the property is conveniently showing in your lens.

The market has been soft and I would like to look at this lot with a business lens vs personal.Also, all expenses must be deprecated over 27.5 years?

@Andrew Wilkins American heritage lending also lens off of the value of the property not your credit score or income.

Granted I’m new to this whole scene but I think looking at it through a basic lens might help.

What's up David,My name is Len and I am from Maui.  

Basically you have to make a decision to either buy a home to live in or rent a home to live in, disregarding the emotion that comes with homeownership for a moment, this can all be looked at from a purely financial lens in a standardized way that you would compare any two investment alternatives.  

Adam - my comments were through the lens of an STR investor.