Yes it is likely too good to be true and unlicensed in this case is basically paying a random person $5 for his or her opinion that is no better than yours, it will not hold any weight with anyone.  

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Link the bank account to the  free version of www.expensify.com to track your expenses in different categories.  

For example if I wanted to find a house for purchase that fit into the category of X amount of square feet and Y number of bedrooms and Z number of bathrooms based on the homes that had the highest number of sales and\or shortest sales cycle over the last couple years, where might be a good source for info like this?

I don't have anybody immediately around me to bounce ideas off of in this category.

Just trying to weight the long term benefits vs. short term.

Hello,I am doing my taxes right now and, under the "PERSONAL" category, I see "Interest and Dividends", under which there is "Interest from Seller Financed Loans".

Exception: if it is a type of improvement that can be segregated and can qualify to be depreciated over a shorter asset life category, then you can depreciate it over that shorter life.2) No depreciable life is fixed by whatever category of asset you ultimately utilize.3) No the 27.5 life category is a straight line calculation.

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