Cross fingers that congress passes bill to allow bonus depreciation, perform a cost segregation analysis in year 1 to capture as much depreciation as possible to offset incomes. 

This could come as a nice bonus to you to be reimbursed for some of the water you did not intend to use. 

Get a signing bonus plus once you hit E5 use your BAH money to be a millionaire by the time you’re 45.  

Sometimes we need to get creative with oil & gas investments, land conservation easements, or bonus depreciation.

Ithink Buffett would say that you need to look for cash flow first and then treat appreciation as a bonus. 

As an added bonus, setting graduation as your goal before you start investing makes you be patient.Lastly, if school is driving you crazy, get a full-time job on the side.

Apparently, with a self-directed IRA you are not able to take advantage of the 80% bonus depreciation that was put into effect with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

When property appreciates and we get a windfall...that's just a bonus.

This will likely be depreciation, but bonus depreciation and the De Minimus Rule could help you accelerate the deductions.Finally, when you convert this to a rental increase your basis in the property for improvements that you've made since this isn't included in the original purchase price. 

As a side bonus, my credit score went up - apparently having that auto loan on my credit improved my credit mix (a bunch of real estate loans and zero balance credit cards with no installment loans is bad apparently).