However, former work colleagues or people at church can be great seeds.

I had a hard money lender referred to me (Seed Capital) and have looked into this as an option.

Being born on a farm I tend to plant the right seeds in the right field and harvest the crop I desire.  

I am most interested in commercial investment (I represent REITs and developers in my law practice, so know a little about how those properties work), but since I will be doing this part time (at first), residential investment seems like a good place to start to learn the process and generate more seed money. 

It is the best vehicle BY FAR, that the IRS allows and should be maximized.No one knows what tax brackets will be or look like when its time for IRA withdrawals - the best hedge is to be in a Roth, and know that no matter how big you grow your Roth to, there will be no tax liabilities on the back end.Another way of looking at it is that you are "paying your (old) self" when you contribute to an IRA, so why not pay a little tax now (on the seed) vs. paying a lot of tax (on the fruit)?

They also know to live on the harvest and not eat the seeds.

I didn't want to say anything because I wanted to keep a good rapport with them, and get them to renew (I offered a $200 incentive at renewal when they signed the lease in order to entice them into renewing), but that obviously didn't work.The back yard all along the fence line and by the porch was destroyed from the dogs.I've been told that I cannot deduct the repairs to re-seed the yard along the fence line because I had dogs when I lived there, and I did not take "before" pictures...They also had the utilities turned off, and I had to have the utilities turned back on for the fridge.

She always has many maintenance requests for things that are not necessarily necessary.She pays on time, her only flaw is being picky (wanted a different toilet seat, wants rear lawn re-seeded, wants, wants, wants....

Sow the same seeds... reap the same rewards.

They do not care about your taxation rate.The only reason we started with a company (Louer Louer Ltd) has to do with our seed funding.