The area is booming and a lot of brand new commercial space is being built that could potentially suit our business better and we don't want to lock ourselves into a 3yr term.We've locked horns with the Property manager already on previous issues and they don't typically care to negotiate.

Well, I tried to first imagine what would a company report if there was no such thing as depreciation so that everything was an expense.This is what it will look like for a brand new limo company:Year 1: purchased Limo for $50k, income generated $10kYear 2: income generated $10kYear 3: income generated $10kYear 4: income generated $10kYear 5: income generated $10k, sold the Limo for $2kSo, without depreciation using a simple layman's analysis without depreciation, it looks like this:Chart 1--------Year 1: Loss of $40k ($10k income minus $50k capital expense)Year 2: income of $10kYear 3: income of $10kYear 4: income of $10kYear 5: income of $8kWell....... that may be the income.... but is it really?

I am brand new to investing and looking to make my first purchase in the next 6 months.

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This could continue for another 10 plus years as housing here (which seems expensive to me) is still extremely affordable compared to the the northeast and west coast  in the SF bay area and of course some of LA  NYC  Boston north side Chicago and some other areas.. but I just look at the first house in bought in Milpitas in late 70s for 75k  brand new construction 1400 sq ft rancher.. today just under 1 million.I then bought a house in Palo Alto early 80s for 185k..  3 and 1 900 sq feet built post war.. did not even have a dishwasher or garburator.Today value well over 2 million   684 Encina Grande Palo Alto Lots in Palo Alto are now 2 million.  

Hello,I am brand new investor / member of BP.

I'm brand new to both the site and the concept of Real Estate Investing, so apologies if this is awkward in any way, but I wanted a little starting out advice for my specific situation, and everyone seems really nice and helpful on the forums, so I thought I'd give it a shot!

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