CA acts in a neglectful arrogant manner, assume historical greatness will automatically deliver future greatness.

We had vacationed there for years and viewed it as a place for future retirement.

:) -Miguel SuarezIf you're moving for work, it makes the most sense to live as close to your workplace as possible.

Stanley,Welcome to the BP forum and good luck on your REI future. 

“Money goes where money is treated best.”Your future ability to attain and maintain financial freedom depends on the city where you invest.Investment TeamAn essential location selection criterion is an experienced local investment team.

Then the tenant will rant a bunch of nonsense, have no evidence to back up his stories, and the judge will find in your favor based on the evidence provided by you.For future tenants, I highly recommend you read a book like mine or "Every Landlord's Legal Guide" by NOLO.

The last thing you'd want to have to do is manage your future partner since you question their decision making or experience and you've already invested with them. 

Here is a fresh example, and it actually came from another tax firm (not mine) specializing in real estate.Let me briefly tell you why I crossed out their pitch:Strategy 1: depends on your 2025 projected net income vs your 2024 net income, among many other factorsStrategy 2: can backfire amidst the uncertainty of future tax rules regarding bonus depreciation, and also ignores alternativesStrategy 3: no rush to do it before December 31stIf you decide to continue reading, I will give you a high-level overview of the most common EOY tax strategies, obviously without an actual discussion of each one.

If one can determine with relative certainty that today's tax rate is less than expected future tax rate then Roth makes sense.

@Chris Kay beleive you can do DSR loans without a job as they qualify the property, not the borrower.You'd still need 20-25% down though.That's where you have a decision:- Pay down the mortgage, setting yourself up for a future refinance to free up your VA Entitlement.OR- Save up for your next acquisition.Only YOU can make that decision as you have to be comfortable with the increasing debt-load risk and the additional time to manage everything.