A healthier perspective IMHO is to consider stocks and real estate as two sides of a coin and not as either/or investment strategies. 

Damn man, you must have one hardass Dad if he wouldn't even let you come over for a couple of meals 😂

Note: If you go to the same meeting each month, you can do detail tracking for a month, and can use the same detail to estimate expenses for the rest of the year. ( If nothing changed)2) Meals when traveling away from home - 50% is deductible unless the meal is provided to the general public (like Open houses) then it is 100% deductible.

I believe Neff Brewing is frequented for a meal/drinks and real estate chat.

Qualitatively, that's a much healthier and less risky type of capital appreciation.Sadly, many US and Canadian investors, who are used to and even addicted to cheap debt (which is increasingly less cheap), abandon their idea of investing in Mexico when they learn that financing is either hard to get or more expensive.

If, on the other hand, she's bringing a woman's touch to the house with cleaning, keeping up with cooking meals for everyone, and generally being a better-than-ever addition to the property, I might reconsider on a shorter lease (six months maybe?)

.- Neither breakfast nor any other meals are provided to guests.- I maintain a Short-Term Rental permit with the city for the STR unit; I do not maintain, nor does the city require me to maintain, a Bed and Breakfast permit.This section of Fannie Mae’s Selling Guide is primarily related to the qualification of income from Short Term Rentals, but it mentions the capability of income from a STR unit on the property to be used for a refinance of the property (Can rental income that is generated from short-term rentals be used to qualify?

And if they can’t, you’re getting crumbs not a meal.

Like the podcasts, ask them how and when they got started, what different strategies they’ve employed, how they like it, how it is working, advice for newbies, pitfalls to avoid etc.After a number of these you’ll start to develop an idea of what direction you want to go in and if you still feel like you’d like to hire a mentor, you’ll better know what skill set you want in them.Heck, maybe you’ll find you can get enough mentoring piece meal just taking investors out for coffee. 

The village manages to strike a visual note somewhere between a summer camp and those temporary field offices that crop up for years at major construction sites, with modular buildings and portable trailers providing accessible shared bathrooms, showers, and laundry facilities; the all-important dog run (pets are welcome and will receive their own suite of services); and common spaces for meetings with caseworkers and meals (three per day are provided).