For us this is simply about knowing our options.

If you want tax-deductions now you might contribute to the pre-tax bucket and get a deductions, or if you want tax-free growth and tax-free distributions, you will look at contributing to Roth bucket, or maybe you do some to pre-tax and some to post tax Roth. 3) Simply put, Compounding Interest In the Absence of Taxation!

We don't want people to think that they are skirting the law in some way when they are just simply following it. 

Are based on their capabilities rather than what is ideally offered to you (for example, if a lawyer is only licensed in Texas, they might recommend structuring in Texas even when it's more advantageous to establish, say, a Wyoming holding company, simply because they cannot facilitate the latter).Comparing this to the medical field, as discussed in this thread, physicians generally provide more consistent advice.

Something to be aware of.We've filled vacancies at our medium-term rental in Denver in January before, but had trouble in November and December, so I don't know if the winter is tough or if its simply the holiday season.I'd be more interested in buying the right place whenever it comes up.

I simply want to offer a second opinion should you need it.

Even if I entertained the idea of allowing a tenant to do work on a property, I would simply pay them for work completed and they could either receive payment or apply it to the rent.

If you build (via managing a general contractor), you should (ideally) know more about how the property was built than if you bought an existing home--you know what's behind the walls, and ideally you might avoid anything wrong with buying an existing home with issues you and your inspector didn't catch.I understand there's risk to building--it just seems right now that the risk is lower than buying an existing house--a house where you simply cannot know every detail without tearing it down to the studs and doing a complete remodel.

It's hard to tell simply from the information provided.

Its getting to the point where the rates almost have to be so astronomical that people simply can't afford them.