The client may deem a $500 bill to replace 3 pieces of wood siding excessive but it's legitimate.

Furthermore, you will already have a cash-flowing property in your hands and you won't have to compete with the crowd of people jumping in to purchase real estate because rates dropped.Another piece of advice you will read from time to time on these forums, "Marry the property and date the rate!"  

Last piece of advice for when you are prepared to raise capital for your own projects is to be able to articulate clearly your competitive edge and what makes you different from other GP's who are raising capital for similar projects.

Your piece on the focus for a strong overall partnership is something that resonates with me.

Selling in volume has a value to HD, enough so that they are willing to accept a price below retail, likely because their cost per piece is lower that way.

Did peruse a judgment so I have a piece of paper showing he owes me a few thousand dollars.It is a problem as cozy never contacted me....just dug the $$ out of my account.

This is what I just wrote about in a piece I submitted for publication on how the Gig Economy presents new opportunities to the middle class investor.

Real Estate is a game and it has game pieces and a playing board. 

Lot's of moving pieces and you pulled it together well @Michael Doherty!!!

I have a piece of real estate owned by an s-corp (of which I am the sole shareholder).It has appreciated substantially in the decades that I've owned it.I would like to transfer it to an LLC (of which I would be the sole member).But, I want to make sure I don't trigger the recognition of a capital gain.How can I do that?