I haven’t had any problems getting them rented but my most upscale building took maybe 1 week longer per unit than the others to lease up because it is relatively more expensive than other properties in the same small town.

Sure, leveraging in real estate cab be a wonderful wealth-building tool.

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Hi Joel, what is it you are wanting to build? 

My goal is to eventually get to a higher cash flow in the years to come and simultaneously build equity in the property.  

There are many ways to build wealth in real estate.

So, I'm about to close next week, and I've been looking at commercial properties, specifically 5-8 unit ones.I recently made an offer on an 8-unit building in the Southeast, which seemed like a great deal.

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However, it will likely lower future cash flow so it is a time-value of money play (and perhaps income tax bracket matching... ie, big deduction during a one-off big income year).Two properties... one with cost seg and one with out will have the same depreciation taken at the end of its life (27.5 or 39.0 years).Also keep in mind that STR usually requires 39.0 years of depreciation for the primary building asset.

The journey will never be 100% smooth, but you'll get better at solving unforeseen problems and building better systems to prevent the unforeseen from stopping your flow.