Imagine you make $100k and you are affected by 3 tax brackets.0-33k =-33K 0%33,001-66k 10%66,001 - 100k 20%You can take $100k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes, for one year and then $10,100 for for 2 years  ($20,200 total)You can take 67k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes for a year, take 33k the second year and pay $6,800 year two and $10,100 year 3. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

This means you can focus on growing your portfolio with confidence, knowing that every aspect of your investment is being handled by experts.As for my experience, I've been in the industry for over 10 years. 

Looking for any and all other ways to continue to learn about the space, with the current goal being to familiarize myself enough with it to be able to start taking action in the coming years.

For most lenders, they wanna see a 12 year lease in order to count the income to help your debt income ratio. there are not many lenders that I know of that will include short term or midterm income as part of the income side of your DTI. 

Total loan is $500k so the other $400k comes from other investors.My husband invested in a note with Aloha last year as a trial, and unfortunately that one went into default a few months later.

Quote from @Yianni Hahalis: I'm looking to move to Cleveland within the year and get my foot in the door with real estate.

It’s fascinating how land can offer such diverse strategies—from flipping parcels quickly to holding for years and letting appreciation do the work.How do you assess a piece of land’s long-term potential?

 $10800/year towards the negative equity position.  

I have the exact same question that Shane had 11 years ago. 

@Nida Kazmi   So it has been about a year.