I realize you're starting out so it may be a while before the lucrative legal projects appear but if you enjoy your field they will because you will get very good at it. 

With over 25 years in the field, I'm still learning.

And getting entirely into speculation if doge really wants to cut the federal work force, an idea I’m not totally opposed to, centralizing operations and closing your Cleveland field office, or your St.

Want to hear opinion from the experts in the field here. 

Most fields in the real estate world will unless you are an employee to a business.

Hi Steven,It sounds like you and your wife, Renee, have a wealth of experience in the real estate and construction fields, which is a great foundation for starting your real estate investing business.Given your background in residential remodeling and home inspections, and Renee's experience as a real estate agent, you're off to a strong start.

Retirement accounts are designed to be invested passively so when the IRS sees you running an active business in it, to level the playing field between retirement accounts and other business the retirement account incurs UBIT. 

But the entire §1031 field is very misunderstood, and opaque.  

We run a free predictive analysis for anyone that wants one to see if it even makes sense for them and approach it in a consultative manner and we welcome our clients to have their CPA's join the conversation.I'm not an expert in this field, yet.

I work in the technology field as a windows systems admin.