Life insurance premiums are made with post-tax dollars, resulting in zero tax savings. 

Keep that up and one day you will be a very wealthy man, a very free man.If you can own 2 million dollars in real estate and the market goes up by 3% you just created 6$0k to your net worth, if it goes up buy 6% you just added $120k.

I use airbnb and get top dollar, upwards of 1k per room for medium term. 

However, if your startup costs exceed $50,000, the $5,000 deduction is reduced dollar-for-dollar by the amount exceeding $50,000.

it is very difficult - much more difficult than advertised, and more difficult now than it was a few years ago because of the increase in interest rates and the heightened competition for distressed deals.the issue is this: you're up against other investors and businesses spending tens and sometimes even hundreds of thousands of dollars a month on marketing. 

This creates a potential passive stream of income and a way to extend the lifespan of your coaching investment which seems awesome for your business model.Example: Ryan Serhant, advocates profit sharing (equity stakes) in deals that his coaches help close which takes you from coach to partner, and a model proven successful.Client View: Positioning yourself as a partner to their operation is a way for the client to understand your investment in their outcomes outside of the dollar signs involved, and shows them that you are coaching them in a way that provides long term success.

The market of bank real estate asset wholeselling for example is very closed to a select few companies that invest millions of dollars, but when you see that big names like credit suisse invested over 150 million euros last year with one local bank's properties you have to wonder why these guys are puting so many eggs in this basket. 

I would like to at  look at opportunities in the small tier commercial (under 1 million dollar) category to see what's out there.

Over time, you're essentially shorting the American dollar, and with how both sides of the aisle run deficits, the printing machine isn't being turned off anytime soon.

A lot of it is coming down to finding something before it hits the market through your connections in the local market, or being ready to pay top dollar for the property that you know will cash flow and appreciate at what you paid for it.There are still deals to be found on market, but they are becoming harder and harder to find and requiring more creativity.