I wonder what new socialistic programs I'll remember after the next 4 and how many more wacko judges(aka San Francisco) will have been appointed for life.

One of the great parts about meeting women in the investment arena - your dating life becomes a tax write-off.

Life could be a lot worse than the way things really do work.

While I'm on the subject, you also never see the "you're a nazi/you should die" style of response here.

Probably big, mean government is gonna get you fear style marketing.

See at the end of the day it is about how you run your business and if you want to wait for everyone else to start marketing then you are going to miss out on a MAJOR marketing campaign.If you are a true real estate investor, then you have to think outside of the box and in the economy we are in I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

I can see a bunch investors, realtors, etc. doing a citizen's arrest Vic Mackey-style.

Cash flow will be there later in life when you need it and are retired.

So would it be safe to say that If I can find a way to mix both of your strategies that I would be set for an awesome life as a real estate investor?

This is why the two techniques generally work out to the same total depreciation expense over the 27.5 year class life of the dwelling structure.