And, if the RE guy flips the property and moves on to the next on, that is better and may serve as a construction company, but the rehab guys usually don't work as often or produce the benefits of a factory assembly line.All said, RE is on the bottom of rungs of the ladder in a way as investors tend to go with RE cycles, seasonal work, inventory fluctuations, it's just never been a steady employer like a drug store or lumber yard or small factory.

Each strategy gets 2 short pages of treatment.

Ya........Military spending is 1/6 of spending, but there are large swaths of that budget that are NOT "military" in nature, including (of all things) research into treatments for autism, lawyers to provide guidance regarding 'equal opportunity employment' and I could go on, and on and on......

Wads of cash representing amounts of drugs pushed or hours spent at a soul sucking job don't make a life worth living.I think your example is great in that you're teaching your kids about responsibility, cooperation, family values and they're not just learning financial principles, they're INTERNALIZING financial power and freedom through all these things.Did you know you can deduct everything your children are doing?

When it comes to getting rid of neighborhood drug dealers or unsavory activity that affects your investment, I like Rule #15: Always work as a team.For various (often silly) reasons, we shy way from working with neighboring landlords and property owners.

There is neighbor resistance to special needs, particularly when you are talking about violent behavior, sexual behavior, drug & alcohol treatment, or prison halfway houses.

Drugs and booze, sexual preditors and all the undesirable factions will be lumped into the category as those being served.

The real benefit of the tax treatment of rental income is that you avoid some of the tax on the rental income.

She was well dressed and had a nice car, was very articulate and looked like a great candidate for success.She relapsed, ended back in treatment, and gave the keys to my place to a lady leaving treatment who remained nameless.

As David said, big salaries are like a drug, I know many in my industry that stayed in jobs they didn't like for years just for the salary and could never cut the cord.