If you are able to implement a real estate professional status tax strategy (REP) you can use passive losses from syndication deals to lower your ordinary W2 income.

There are a lot of other options out there, some of which may be simpler to implement though not by much.I also use a free Thawte certificate (www.thawte.com).

You need to buy ONE MORE book - and make sure it's the best you can find on IMPLEMENTATION.

Are you implementing everything you currently know?

YOU should come up with a written plan and then supervise the implementation by your new employee.

I like the implementation @Richard Jeffries.  

We implemented some new systems to improve efficiency and will continue to do so.  

Protection of the investors lie with the SEC, as well as state securities boards; protection of the consumer/homeowner lie with the Consumer Financial Protection Board, implementing the Dood Frank Act as well as the SAFE act.  

Eddie,Nobody can argue with your strategy, there is nothing wrong with it, the only difference is, you personally have the ability to pay cash for them while others do not.In the case of the later, investors looking to create an income replacement via RE investing in a buy and hold scenario, would have a much more difficult time doing so and getting enough properties to generate that income replacement.That is why I suggested that newbies implement some flip strategies to generate capital for the buy and hold.

@Michael Matthews  Hey Mike, The following videos on YT are rather telling, and let's hope the PTB have implemented some form of serious 'penalty' for not addressing the MILLIONS of egregious errors still on people's credit reports?