Wall Street Journal: DFW Housing Market Cooling November 27, 2018PLANO (Wall Street Journal) – "Dallas' once-vibrant housing market is sputtering," reports today's edition of the Wall Street Journal.

I think I understand the general concept.

I understand the general concept of rate buydown in that it effectively creates a breakeven a few years down the road where you end up saving money. 

your CPA would give you the Journal entries....  

With each day I'm starting to feel more and more comfortable with these concepts and feel that in order to avoid analysis paralysis I need to get off my butt and just jump in. 

Mastermind Group: a peer-to-peer mentoring concept used to help members solve their problems with input and advice from the other group members Mentor: a trusted counselor or guideMastermind Groups > Mentors, no? 

I like the larger earnest money concept from @Jessica Zolotorofe. 

After you started renting and depreciating the property, the additional asset purchase can qualify for 100% bonus depreciation or 179 expense starting 2018.Section 178 -Sec 179 * - similar concept with 100% expensing.

Its a nice concept in theory.

.” – PwC 2019 Emerging Trends“The sharing economy (…) has increased access to information, and growing sophistication of the customer has made it harder to provide one-size-fits-all hotel concepts.” – MIT Center for Real Estate: Real TrendsCo-Working is Expected to Lead the Office Market“The strength of the co-working market is not to be underestimated.” – PwC 2019 Emerging TrendsOffices are starting to reduce their footprint as, “A substantial amount of space in conventional office layouts is not used at any point in time: Meeting spaces are not always booked; workers take vacations and fall sick; 9-to-5 workspaces remain unoccupied after hours; and employees with assigned desks spend time off-site talking to clients or performing services.”- MIT Center for Real Estate: Real Trends“Compared to 6 months ago, the forecast for office vacancy rates is unchanged for both ‘18 and ‘19, but less optimistic for ’20.