"Starting out" is a fairly broad category, and includes folks in the following 2 buckets:1) "Meh" income, so they only have 3.5% or 5% down.

I KNOW a lot of you are going to be like “well that’s a very broad category”😆 I get what I’m trying to say is that, my mind is kind lost on how to structure what deductions under which label (very general) but what if it was for an “unusual” purchase.

The real estate market is broken into three broad categories: being a landlord, an absentee landlord and a real estate investor.

So can we make any broad brush conclusions that apply equally to all areas?

I have funds out of my own pocket going hard to get the deal under contract.Raising capital is a really broad subject.

That's a pretty broad question! 

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@Roland Nelet this is definitely a bit of a broad question because so many areas have tons of specifics- carpentry, plumbing, electrical, hvac, drywall, roofing,, etc.

The phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” applies directly to this concept, as spreading your investment across a broad spectrum is how investors balance risk and reward in their investment portfolio. 

Not really; speaking in broad swaths, they tend to be high maintenance and made out of Tiffany glass.