Multi-family only outperforms in B areas or better, unless you are local or heavily involved thus finding ways to control more factors.SFRs average out to have longer tenancies, which decrease your largest expense - vacancy (and turnover repairs).

Other than depreciation being a noncash deduction, you really don't want to be losing anything...Real estate investing isn't about decreasing your W2 income as its about INVESTING and generating wealth over time or generating cash flow.

Typically you will see an increase in leverage & decrease in rates after you can show 3 completed rehab projects.

Ultimately alert investors should understand that as risks go up and if rewards stay flat or simultaneously decrease, that there are many variables for that; some controllable, some not and some are equitable absorbed and some not quiet as much.

Here's my argument (and yes, I am aware that this makes me a bear on real estate prices in 2023 - I believe that prices for residential real estate - 1-4 unit property - will decrease 5-10%, in line with Dave Meyer's projections.

Waste transfer stations can impact the quality of life for your tenants and therefore decrease the desirability of the units.

I have a question:Does PM decrease the efficiency of your Rental business?

Given that the building is currently a duplex with no eviction history, does adding a legal in-law decrease the value for future buyers because they wouldn’t be able to fast track condo convert?  

If she did take out 20K a year her death benefit would decrease 20K per year.

Decrease your leverage and your cash flow increases.