Hope this answer could be of help and give you more perspective!

Generally speaking,  higher is better, but it is the investment yield that is most important from an investment evaluation perspective, and that is heavily dependent on the amount you pay for the asset.

This meant a subsidized "updating" of its infrastructure, i.e. fresh money pouring.

It has been getting much difficult to find houses that make sense from cash flow perspective in North Dallas.

Good after noon Bigger Pockets family I'm 100% fresh out of the boat, I don't have deals in 50 states or have investors backing me up just a humble beginner looking to learn more about this industry.

You will get the fresh out of real estate school realtors to do it, but not the bright ones. 

Not sure how I feel about it from a health perspective, but hey if the BBQ is on point, sometimes it's best to let the man be!

I’ve rented three different apartments with Peak Properties and they are very professional (tenant perspective).

But no matter what your perspective is there are many ways to get that support and guidance you seek.

Then from a tax perspective, and an accountant can chime to to correct me if I am wrong, but you would depreciate it over 27.5 years whether you do it all at once, or spread it out over two years, so it wouldn't make much of a difference.