Normally, you would only depreciate based on the life of the equipment, which could be as little ten years nowadays as a recent article mentioned new refrigerators now last 10 years or less.However, for taxes, you can do a section 179 election for equipment purchased for less than $1,160.

Given who is writing the article, it is going to be biased. 

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I have an article here all about how to find a great provider: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

I told the PM numerous times verbally and in emails “It has a sprinkler system.

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Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

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There are some key limitations that are important:Passive losses can only offset passive income.Up to $25,000 in passive rental losses may be deducted against non-passive income if the investor actively participates and their modified adjusted gross income is below $100,000.Unused passive losses are carried forward to future tax years.Here’s an IRS article that further discusses the rules: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p9251031 ExchangesThis strategy allows investors to defer capital gains tax when they sell a property if they invest the sale proceeds into a “like-kind” property.

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