., there was a technical error, and the section of the tax code describing 15-year property (Section 168(e)(3)(E)) was in fact not amended to include qualified improvement property.So for now, strictly-speaking, in 2018, qualified improvement property is regular old 39-year property that is not eligible for bonus depreciation.We do expect that a technical correction to the law will be made, but for now the IRS has actually stated that it cannot guarantee that absent legislative correction it will accept the legislatively intended change in recovery period and bonus eligibility.Anyway, this is neither here nor there since you have stated you are a landlord of residential rental property rather than non-residential real estate.And this does not affect the application of 100% bonus depreciation to both qualifying new and used property place in service after 9/27/17 and before 1/1/23 that @Yonah Weiss pointed out.

A hard money lender or private lender may have different down payment options but don't expect anything much lower than 20%.

What would you expect to gain by paying off someone else's property?

I’ve completed all the courses and expect to be pinned in the fall.

Again, it's hard to expect for it to take awhile. 

In this here age of the smartphone I would think it would be attractive, and almost expected, for investors to be able to track and check their investments at the click of a button just as everyone can with stocks, online banking, etc...

Request a quick phone call consult and she'll tell you what you can expect to pay to build the utility workshop and if she thinks you could build a shed/apartment. 

I'd just weigh your expected returns in the market vs your mortgage interest rate.I've actually been tapping the HELOC equity to re-invest into the market which is an aggressive play but if I can beat the interest rate (3.75%), I'll be turning a profit by doing so.

All units are occupied which the leases are expected to end within the next two months. 

In the next year or so, we expect to sell off two SFR's and a duplex in Independence, MO to 1031 exchange into another smaller multifamily.