He said that hostility was not good for a man's soul, that he would remove me from his database, and wished me luck.In my opinion, I was far from hostile.  

They say confession is good for the soul so here goes.....my CPA suggested that I could qualify as a 'real estate professional' and take advantage of the very favorable IRS tax treatment which accrue to investors with that designation.

I bought a block of 70 rental homes in one purchase and from the day of my initial walk through to the day I sold the last property,not a single soul knew I was the owner.  

And from the gains they, out of the kindness of their soul, want to gift me $ 100k.

If you live in San Francisco then you understand the soul crushing pain of renting here.

Its a decent job, pays well and I don't do much of anything, but as I mentioned before the 9-5 hurts my soul.

However, as someone who does give out a lot of advice in the Portland area I'll tell you that it feels good to help out an energetic soul looking to change their lives and invest the right way.

Let me elaborate a little..I bought 10 units in this spot, I'm buying them for pennies on the dollar, because the last landlord could not run a business to save his soul, thus he was slum lording in an area that's very-very nice, rents are $300-$400 under market.

sorry you are going through this. i have said it before and will say it again... i dont know how people buy out of state. they must be super brave souls.

I used to look at wealthy and successful people and assume they were all old money, or they'd sold their souls, or worked 100 hours per week and had joyless lives.