The study identifies with forensic engineering detail the immediate Bonus Depreciation 5, 7 and 15-year personal property class lives qualifying portions of a building that are normally buried in 27.5 year residential or 39 year commercial categories.

See here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/smarterA good place to start is with the free guides, such as "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Real Estate Investing".

Some will be free...and some will cost. 

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Seller financing - Find a seller (I recommend a #TiredLandlord) looking to exit who happens to own their property free and clear.

It is always recommended to do it using LLC but not all types you will qualify if you don't have business with the lender or you don't have experience.Feel free to reach out and we can setup a call, I am working with multiple clients that are doing similar things in DFW.

Plenty of fixer uppers remain and the commercial properties have just begun to revitalize.

And, , those are some factors job growth, population growth, job diversity, educated population, landlord friendly, landlord friendly areas and, , good logistical assets access generally along , major interstate free ways. , the other thing, what I'd say is when people when I talk to investors, I always encourage them to really define what they're looking for.There's an old expression that kind of says, if you don't know what you're aiming for, you're going to hit it 100% of the time.

Duplexes are not considered commercial, and to analyze a duplex it's more of a comp analysis.

I don't know the numbers on your property, so I'll create a hypothetical:Assume your principal and interest on a $300k loan is $1,263.You're sitting on the potential to get $155k (tax free, btw), but the rate will be 7.5%, taking you're principal and interest to $2,100.Yes, it's $900/month more, but you have $155k of tax free money in the bank.