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The GF would have to think about either going to court and dealing with her portion of the lease agreement for breach of contract, or she could go to mediation and work it all out. 

I would be rolling the dice on that portion, but thats not a huge cost. 

In case of residential real estate, it is 27.5 years.While this is not intuitive, the 27.5 years starts at your purchase - has nothing to do with the age of the property, and is based on the depreciating portion of the purchase price, which excludes the land.

They also don't tell you until after you request your first rehab draw that they will only release funds AFTER the portion that you are requesting is complete...this means that either you or your contractor is responsible to float the project until the funds are dispersed.

Vacancy, property taxes, insurance, management, maintenance, owner portion for utilities, capex ?

That means, I'd rather take $500K of my cash and pay off a significant portion of my house than to use that $500K to invest in real estate and have a big mortgage. 

The financing portion of purchasing a large apartment complex is, for me, the piece I am struggling with the most.

But TurboTax and the like do not walk you through carving out a portion of the purchase price to allocate to land.  

He also should be entitled to a portion of the profits before the buy-out.