Bonus points if you can name the company's site I modeled mine after (hint: it's not a site related to real estate).Thanks- I look forward to hearing from you!

That way even if you make 'only' 20k in 6 months, which by the way is 1/2 of medium household income in Holiday FL, that 20k is like a bonus half years wage just dropped into your account.

My plan is to buy and hold, keeping the property as a rental after we leave LA likely in a few years (thinking primarily cash flow, appreciation is a bonus).

If you are ready to move into  your first house hack in southern Santa Rosa near the new casino, I will be having a house for sale soon.

Bonus tip: Repost your rental every couple of hours on craigslist so it stays visible until you finally get a tenant in there renting it out at your 3 bedroom price.

Question 2, If segregation works out, does the new Bonus Depreciation now apply?

You also have a stream of income coming in to support you as you grow your portfolio (huge bonus!). 

Each of the Zones offer various means of aid to local businesses, but for commercial properties and residential rental properties there are two areas of interest: 1) Bond money for rebuilding2) Bonus depreciationBy far, it is the bonus depreciation that has garnered the most interest.

Lets call that the :( side.2) And there is the happy side... passive income (syndications, passive partnerships ie medical/dentist offices) and passive losses (depreciation, bonus depreciation via cost segregations common in syndications).

I believe Redfin has their agents as w2 with base pay and bonuses.