Etc. or lastly, maybe owning the debt (being a private money lender)??

Beside just me as a his client, he has others as well and have been averaging roughly $1M in commission the last few years.

Cold SMS is getting harder to do due to the new A2P compliance rules in effect the last 6 months.

I listened to a BP pod cast last month and someone said if your business is to flip homes, you do not need to pay capital gains tax for less than 12 months.

The incremental value of a higher priced booking can't offset the loss of bookings at the lower end.

It is landlord-friendly, and specific pockets have gone upwards of 2-4x in the last 5-10 years.

My screening criteria are out of date, and the laws have changed quite a bit since I last used them, but I'm also curious to learn what others include.

My question - my CPA used to account for depreciation until last year as 27.5 years (residential property) but starting this year and going forward, he says it should be considered as commercial property depreciation rules (like 39 years) . 

To be specific, I purchased a mixed-use property (residential and commercial) in the South Central area of Los Angeles last May 2023. 

A letter of introduction from an absentee landlord is the last thing that they need.