Hey all,I have been doing some learning about tax implications for owning rental properties and I had a question.Its my understanding that you can carry over net operating losses from year to year basically indefinitely until you sell one day and can write them off of your capital gains.I also understand that if you purchase an asset for your rental, say a refrigerator, you have the choice to either deduct the full amount for that tax year, or depreciate the refrigerator over a certain amount of years and take the deduction divided up between those years.My question is why would it ever be advantageous to depreciate an asset rather than simply deduct it for the current year, even if you are already operating at a loss, if those losses will just carry over indefinitely?

When I say this I mean that if you are restricted by capital that keeps you. below the 100k mark then you really don't have much of a choice, however if you have more liquidity that is possible to use then you could go int it with the goal to find something under the 100k mark and still be open to higher priced deals that may have other upside like appreciation and overall area development that increases the price of the home over time- (capitalizing on gains that may not be received by buying in An area that is lower entry but provides great CoC return/ cashflow only as opposed to larger appreciation in addition to okay cash flow.)

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I recieve a monthly structured settlement (which I currently use for rent and groceries), have an excellent credit score, several thousand saved as a cash down payment, and $4,000 in student loan debt so far. 

I'm a solo agent in a boutique brokerage and the broker has excellent communication and experience.

They are excellent primers for new investors and serve as an overview of the processes.

There are other calculators available on other platforms as well (some as simple as excel spreadsheets).

Now, if you can get the interest lower, which in turn would increase the CF, then even better, but if it's a choice between higher interest and higher CF, the choice is 100% of the time the same...higher CF.

FHA or a 3% down conventional loan would be a good choice.