Thanks to the Cost Segregation Study, the property investors accelerated the depreciation that the first year depreciation was approximately $356,000.The use of the accelerated depreciation strategy helps real estate investors to reduce the tax liability immediately which therefore increases their bottom line due to the offsetting of income.

I am a semi-retired Speech-Language Pathologist-turned-REALTOR® and have never looked back!

@Angelo CortezMost STRs report income and expenses on an IRS Schedule E (not Schedule C) unless your STR is offering "substantial services"-> for example, concierge services or a butler to guests. 

One way to do this is by carefully keeping track of all the income and expenses related to your business.

I've come across a bit of a conundrum: conflicting information on how to calculate Net Operating Income (NOI).Every article and book I read has a different take.

I'm still learning about this type of lending but the appeal to me is that they don't consider personal income or tax returns, it does not need personal debt-to-income ratio qualifications, it's collateral based borrowing..

I'm retire after 20 years and she is still active duty.

3) SM Property Value Appreciation Trends4) SM Pop Growth5) Safety compared to the rest of Dallas6) Income - median and avg7) Rent Cost - median and avg8) Rent Growth Trends9) What percentage of population under poverty line10) What percentage of pop are families 11) What percentage of population are families w kids12) Avg people in a household12) historical vacancy rate13) avg bed/bathroom composition14) Profession by percentage 15) Commuter population by percentage and commute timeThanks y'all!

Should we attempt to lower the debt to income ratio, and get the HELOC increased to give us more wiggle room?

Keep in mind this will be a 30 year or forever hold with appreciation the ultimate goal and cash flow at year 20-30 being retirement income (hoping to stack 10 of these if i can)Here's the numbers, I'm planning to close in April i just got back from taking the wife and kids to the build site, they approve so that's nice haha.