., and my cost seg firm was able to hit 30%, so I got to write off about ~300K against my W2.There will be depreciation recapture when you sell, but it is a lower tax rate (25%) than what you are at currently, I assume. 

My neighbor knew that we wanted to buy their place once they were ready to sell.

When rates come down a bit, you can refi or sell for even greater profit.  

What if one has a very serious emergency and needs to sell?

These are generally 12-24 month interest only loans that borrowers will generally pay back by selling or flipping to long term financing like DSCR loans.More on DSCR loans:DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.Here's a bit more in detail about how rates are calculated for DSCR loans:1.

Why not just outright sell and reinvest your money --- in whatever asset?

There are plenty of us that have done what you are trying to do and have nothing to sell.

I have known John for years, but chose a local accountant, partly for local, and partly because I was skeptical about using a selling speaker as my accountant. 

My wife and I are tossing around the idea of selling our current home and buying a duplex, moving into the vacant side so we can purchase with less money down and begin our investment journey.here are the details:Sale Price: $250,000both sides are 3 bed 2 bath with one car garagethe listing says the occupied side rents for $1,100location i would classify as high C low B, mainly because everything around is rentals.2853 Hemlock Ct Cape Girardeau MOThoughts, Advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey guys, im located in Phx,az and would like to invest on my first property here, I would like to know what are my options, I am self employed and bring in about $4k a month (mostly cash )no paper work to trace my earnings (im in the car selling business)  , experian score 630  1 delinquent acct but it was paid off many years ago, Ideally i would like to put down $10k to $15k tops, what interest rate do you all think im looking at.