Purchase price: $375,000 Cash invested: $101,500 I own a mixed-use property with a total of five units, four 1BR residential apartments and one commercial space.

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The #1 way real estate investors defer taxes to later dates is with a system called depreciation and bonus depreciation.Depreciation is the act of slowly, over time, deducting the initial expense of an asset against your taxable income.Generally over a 27.5 (residential) or 39 (commercial) yr time frame.So each year you can write off a few percent of the purchase price against your income. 

Looks like there are some solutions out there. https://www.flows.com/residential-water-meters-sub-meters/

Torn between using my VA loan or use my investment property below to help fund my deal.Been losing deals left and right due to the owner occupied rule with VA.I have about 30k in savings, 30k retirement fund, no debt, low expenses (living with parents until find a place)I Own (under my name) a 5 unit mixed use building (4 residential, 1 commercial) fully occupied.

Residential mortgage rates have already dropped, but the general public has not paid attention.

CRE is a way different beast than residential where you can prospect for listings and buyers more easily.

In this case you can do up to (6) residential units and (1) office space...but that is the cap. otherwise 4 units is the most you'll be able to build.

Some lenders will base off the "mix" of commercial vs residential by sqft and some will base off of rent, and some will base off of the unit counts, so you'd want to take advantage of the lender/broker that can fit your scenario in the most favorable way possible.Is the property fully occupied?

Moving open it up to make it a full tenant occupancy residential rental.