CA in particular would extract a nasty tax on the gain side.  

Much slower than utilizing a HELOC, but I’m not trying to build an empire and just have a passive income source that eventually allows me to spend my time where I find meaningful.

Visibility drives clickability, and not using the full length of the ad to add keywords and business-related details is a missed opportunity when you’re fighting for every click in Google Ads.Conclusion:If you know you want to get off-market seller leads from Google, and already committed the budget for it, make sure your ads are optimal and that your keyword selection will not cause you to appear on ones that will waste you time and money.The Google Ads landscape is fiercely competitive in today’s market, demanding an investment of several thousand dollars per month to gain meaningful traction.

You acquire real estate that has meaningful appreciation that can be realized, not merely buying a bunch of doors in stagnant markets with appraised equity that's can't be realized when the property is sold. 

Which is why we see all the "real estate investors" not really making any sort of meaningful cash flow.

The power of tax-free compounding growth can be really meaningful over long periods of time.

After giving some grace, I had to turn the heat back up on them to force them to make the donation.They made the donation on a credit card, and while it's a far cry from the $50k+ in damages, it was a meaningful amount of money to them.

If someone does the work to generate a meaningful question, I wish there was more respect given to those folks. 

I have a couple buddies in San Francisco who I've been talking to about potentially co-buying a place in Tahoe and I am wondering if anyone has advice on how best to make a meaningful case for sharing in the costs/ownership/use/profit/tax adv/etc.Curious if anyone has firsthand experience?

.- I have not done a brrrr since the rates increased in early 2022 because in my market they bleed cash after I perform a refi to extract some of the value add