Accelerating depreciation is simply taking an expense early, that you would have gotten anyways.

You could simply go with....2 out of 3 bedrooms rented, so 2/3 is the “rental” portion and 1/3 is your residence portion. 

If there are pictures of it not being “broken” before move-on I’d get a handyman quote or have landlord do same to simply fix it.

One thing I learned is that simply to own a note originated in certain states, you might need to be a licensed loan originator and/or debt collector.I'm looking to get into note investing, and am hoping to identify the ideal state to get started.

It is simply risk based pricing.

I would simply make a 2 week, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month plan of a break down in what you want to accomplish and how.

I simply laid out what he was looking for so everyone could see.  

I recommend that you drop the method and the lingo - and simply look at what opportunity exists in your preferred market. 

I found plenty of sub 300k apartments/ houses in Chicago, which is simply impossible in LA/NYC/SF.

For example - simply physically handling the deposit check.