Again, if this a figure provided to you by the folks who you would keep on to manage, then use it for sure, but if it's an estimate, I'd think you could cut that down a bit by shopping around.

To get the maximum benefit from bonus depreciation you need a forensic detailed engineered cost segregation study to find all the 5, 7 and 15 year assets.Cost seg hasn't really changed with the new tax law other than that the benefits are supercharged due to bonus depreciation.

heynot sure if this is the right subforum, excuse me if it's the wrong one.i'm thinking about investing in a rental property, long term rentals. i'm having troubles deciding what is the best option, a condo or a single family house. a few relevant details - i will be buying the property 100%- i will hire a property management company. worth mentioning also that i am not living in the us.- just to give a sense of what kind of property i'm talking about, let's say the current plan is a 100k property in orlando fl. from what i understand, to pros of owning a condo is that most of the outside repairs are being taken care by the hoa, which means less troubles, downside is of course it will cost me 200-300$ a month (rough estimate, looking at the properties i checked so far) and from what i understand condos appreciation tend to go up less in time.so my questions boils down to the difference in repairs cost:- usually the rule i hear about allocating money to repairs is 1% of the house values. is that value the same for both condos and single family?

Looking at future growth rates, some estimates say that we should be able to double our population within the next 10-15 years and triple our population in the next 20-25 years.  

Scott's "The Book on Flipping Houses", and "The book on Estimating Rehab Costs".

In my opinion most people don't have the stomach to get through all of the details and systematize things.

This is great detail and a lot of the reasons I like the thought of renting by a military base!

It might not be zoned for dense development and rezoning requests can take over a year so it might just be too much work for a little profit for a large developer.Lots of information can be fund just by accessing public records so they might be able to pull all the details about this deal / land even without you knowing about it.You can also ask them why they are backing out.

For the past 1.5 years I've been working as an Estimator for a "Selective Interior Demolition" Subcontractor to major General Contractors, both local and national.

I estimate as long as I have an occupancy rate of around 35-40%, I should at lease meet the same returns as the long term tenant.