There may be a period of a "government shutdown" for a week or two when non-essential personnel would be furloughed and financing of some programs put on hold.That's it until the next debt ceiling dog-and-pony show.  

Tax-free Money Machine provided for you by the Government. 

Sometimes a property will be within a hair’s breadth of a flood zone on the map, and you need to get a yes or no from an officialTutorials don’t mention how hard getting all this information can be because of uncooperative government agencies.

I was told by my HVAC gut that the government was going to be requiring AC units to be butane based refrigerant replacing R410A so the prices were going up 10-15%. 

.: I agree 100% - part of the problem is a lot of RE investing these days is marketed as a get rich quick scheme where you'll be able to buy a few rent houses, make monthly passive income, retire and travel the world.the best way to "get rich quick scheme" is to work for a company that can print money for you/for a company and that amount keeps increasing while you are not doing anything more. that's the actual secret lolRE is more like get-rich-very-slow-while-work-on-RE-more-than-your-W2-scheme.

I love all the debt funds where investors are saying "first position secured liens" - well yes that is what THEY invest in, but read the fine print that states "your investment is unsecured and not tied to any of the liens"....

@Richard Licon-  likely not  worth the paper its  printed on ...if the course has taught you something - but if the only reason you are  considering it is to get the certification - dont bother 

I have a small health care benefit from my local government career, and I have VA health care since I'm ex-military but it's not as good as it used to be (too many people in the system, too few providers at the VA) so I am planning on buying a supplement on the marketplace when open enrollment comes in November.

I had a 250,000.00 dollar deal killed by lies an inspector printed.

Figure out what it’s worth if the solar offers fall through or the government subsidies go away.