Just an interesting thought experiment that popped into my head and I would love to hear everyone's thoughts!

Here's more info:It's very easy to have an 'Engineering Based Cost Segregation' study performed to see where you can get back some serious money, using your rentals, from the IRS (most CPA's don't have the education or experience to do this for you- you need to use Enginering CPA's). 

I am not an attorney either, but have experience here.

And how has that changed with your experience level?

What methods did you use to acquire them? 

@cWill Gaston has alot of college rentals he may have some experience.

Our ultimate goal is to acquire properties to reach financial freedom within a decade of starting to invest.

I would love your experiences because my alternative is to spend a ton of money on airdna data! 

I'm looking to invest in my first property in Denver and would like to acquire a small multi-family (3-4 units), live in one of the units and rent out the others.

From my experience I would avoid it as a seller unless I was getting a large down payment, a larger purchase price, or a higher than market interest rate.