Plus, there's the added bonus: it often comes with discounts on on-market deals.Try to attend events, not just industry based but diversify!

Personally, I sign up for whichever card is offering the best signup bonuses for minimum spend before making large purchases. 

Originally I was determined I was going to put them up, but seeing is believing and not having to clean leaves and other debris out of them (we have big live oak trees in the back) is a huge bonus.

Those buying to mitigate year end taxes for the 80% bonus depreciation.3.

And, bonus - what can BiggerPockets do to help with these problems? 

As an added bonus, that's an incredibly valuable skill to add to your toolkit that can be leveraged when JV'ing with other investors as well!

We plan to focus on buying smaller 2-3 bedroom houses near the medical district with Masters Week being a bonus and not our main focus. 

I was wondering if you purchase an STR in December and perform a cost segregation study and continue renting it out and managing it, will this count as material participation and allow you to utilize the bonus depreciation?

----Bonus Question: It looks like the project estimate will be close to $200k all said and done which seems like a lot (Prefab, permits, foundation, utility installs, etc).

Bonus points if the lender can do const finance and then final occupied financing.To get that, you'll need:1) Figure zoning out and how many you can or want to build2) Go to architect and builder and get a sway on layout and costs3) Most painful, go to the governing entity for permits and pay your soft costs.