Compensation DOE, base + bonus 

And a 4th Bonus Question: How does this flood of properties change your real estate investment strategy?

I want to write some things off of my taxes, however I do not want to run them through my telecommunications company that I own right now, because my employee's bonuses are based off of the company's profit.

In concert with the above substantial improvement stipulation, you can benefit by substantially improving the property at the same time 100% bonus depreciation is available (until January 1, 2023).

House 2 is a 3 bed 1 bath and we are going to fix up the attic as a bonus space.  

We called it "The Warehouse" because it is gigantic and has a weird layout, with kind of another unit, a huge garage and some mystery tunnels/storm shelters as an added bonus.

Cash flow is king, appreciation is a bonus.

Major bonus points if this is integrated to the design of the property management software (e.g. written in PHP).In short: win me over with superior features, a reasonable license and reasonable pricing.

Great place for cashflow, and the appreciation has been a nice bonus over the last few years ;) Good luck!

Well if the mortgage is still in your own name, and the LLC owns the property....to me that would appear to be a very easily piercable entity. and paying the note out of a personal checking account along w/ other operating expenses...bonus points for accepting rent into same account.