No worries on not doing a deal yet - just focus on marketing as your main task and it'll come before you know it.

But as for the depreciation, it starts as soon as it was placed in service as a rental property.

We'll have a discussion on the real estate market cycle, trends in different real estate markets, various investment strategies, investing out of state, discuss multifamily investing, possibly plan investing in some multifamily deals together.Come if you've got capital to invest, if you have multifamily deals you're trying to raise equity for, if you're willing to share trends you're noticing in your business and would like to learn from other experienced investors.NO SERVICE PITCHESIf you plan to attend to pitch your services, please do not attend.  

One of the ways I found could bring the deal back to the table is if I use one of the Flat Fee MLS listing services and save almost a full 3% in my side of the commission to an agent.

I just read the main employer began steep layoffs because they are halting production until prices recover.

My background is in business management (specifically in the construction and service & repair industry) and IT.

We'll have a discussion on the real estate market cycle, trends in different real estate markets, various investment strategies, investing out of state, discuss multifamily investing, possibly plan investing in some multifamily deals together.Come if you've got capital to invest, if you have multifamily deals you're trying to raise equity for, if you're willing to share trends you're noticing in your business and would like to learn from other experienced investors.NO SERVICE PITCHESIf you plan to attend to pitch your services, please do not attend.

I work with non profits that provide community based living services for individuals with special needs. 

I'm sure there are some food service industry jobs In which you could earn $40k+ a year if you are putting in the hours while looking for a physics job.

If someone wants to get to what I call the Economic Independence point, where the cash flow is large enough to cover or exceed all monthly expenses, focusing on cash flow is good as long as the quality of the properties and the other criteria accompanying cash flow are still met.If on the other hand one is young enough and has a longer infesting career ahead so that the economic independence point is not the main driver, the equity you are pointing out can be used after a while by applying HELOC to keep growing the portfolio without losing the high-quality asset.In some ways, there are investments in real estate approaches that are more complex.