The reasons are 1- less competition in commercial2- greater property types lead to more opportunities for “value added”3- commercial net income projections include expense for property management, 1-4 unit residential usually do not4- greater “universe” of properties to buy allow higher minimum return standards Of course residential is MUCH easier to successfully deal in, and with reasonable leverage has small downside risk, so I 100% agree that most investors should stick with residential.  

I am working full time at a another contractors (40 million in contracts) office as a project manager.

How accurate did you find their prospectus projections? 

Hi Karen, The STR rental is separate from the LTR and other income but the bonus depreciation creates an active loss you can take against your W2 income (vs a loss you push forward into the future).

Do you think this is a wave of the future or just a trendy strategy for now?

There's also a question for us about whether we'd derive more tax benefit from investing in a mixed use owner/user property which was partly occupied by our LLP business, or whether it would be more beneficial to simply acquire an investment property that we did not use for our LLP business at all, since it seems that we could generate more income that way and could use that income to help pay for office space elsewhere.So we really would appreciate some input on some of these concepts rather than being sold an investment into someone else's project.

I am under contract on a flip that is not in my area so I will be hiring a GC to manage the renovation on this project. 

Maybe in the future we can connect so I can learn a little more. 

I would look at the ROE differences between what you can make now by selling, including the yield on that lump sum if reinvested in the current market conditions, versus what the property will be worth at a point in the future (5 years, 10 years, etc).

I'm located in San Antonio, Texas and do civil engineering for developers on projects all across Texas.