The RE agent/broker that understands the benefits available to their clients and who to refer a client to that has the knowledge and experience to keep the IRS red flags at bay, will add immense value to their services.

I first invested in Memphis in 2013 via a South African company then went onto invest in 4 family homes in Atlanta.

I am actually considering doing a laundromat in a lower income area - Not sure if it can be done - zoning, new construction, sewage, water etc BUT it would be immensely popular.

I want to be the business man not the sterotypical young african American thug .

After researching the appraisal company "Associates Appraisal Inc" I found similar reviews of their homes being devalued by $100,000, The Appraiser showing up without a mask, and similar situations of the appraiser intentionally picking unfavorable comps.After bringing it to the lenders attention that the appraiser red lined my appraisal and without saying that I'm African American but that my homes are located in a predominately African American neighborhood that he shouldn't assume that my houses marketability is only to African Americans and his sales comps directly insinuate that people who are shopping for homes on the left side of one street have no interest on homes on the right side of the street.

The part that's extremely difficult is that there's an immense amount of pressure to finish my degree stemming from those around me but also a lot that I feel I create in my own head, while this is something I have little to no interest in pursuing, the only reason I am is to have the W2 job to qualify for loans.  

I have to believe that dealing with tenant issues, properly valuing properties, and many topics are universal.Ontario is one of my favorite areas in the world (capital region especially) and I find the similarities outnumber the differences immensely.

As an African-American woman, there are grants for helping with business startup.

It should streamline the bookkeeping immensely. 

In our area the last 3 years rent has increased immensely, like a lot of areas.