When we took it over we discovered the entire building was infested with bedbugs so badly that our bed bug remediation said if this had happened before heat treatment was introduced the building would have probably been torn down.

I would also try to discover if the basement was finished by a licensed professional vs a rookie who doesn't know the ins and outs of DIY.

If you buy in a location where prices and rents are increasing below the inflation rate, your only option will be to decrease your standard of living over time.

Many times in order to discover our purpose we must release who others have told us to be to become who we truly are.

Don't have quite enough in savings, thought we would pull from retirement but discovered pulling from retirement places me into the next tax bracket and will get smashed with taxes, then try to get a HELOC and appraisal comes in crazy low, giving us a super low HELOC.

I discovered a new phrase yesterday (tax years) and I am not sure if I am smarter or more confused.  

There is a TON of information to discover with REI, so try to focus on the stuff that really applies to you or that interests you. 

I'm all about standardization and a consistent experience, so everything goes.

I'm sure the OP understands that the standard long depreciation schedule applies to the purchase of the building.I believe the only point the OP was trying to make is that her CPA informed her that you don't need to hire an expensive out-side party to perform a cost seg study to take advantage of accelerated depreciation.

They were scheduled to close escrow in a couple days only to discover the seller has a lien on the property for a debt that should've been removed in their bankruptcy 5 years ago.