There's also discussion of intentional inflation, but is there any impact on real estate prices at all?

She is located there and lends all over the area so will have real-time intel for you.

Better to keep rent 5-10% below market, but keep a tenant long-term.If you can handle all this, you MIGHT be ready to be a real estate mogul.Otherwise, you may want to get out of your own way and hire a PMC to manage your property better.Let us know how this goes before you continue dreaming about anything else:)

My husband and I are approximately 6-12 months out from executing on our first real estate purchase.

It forces me to get real familiar with my business and how my properties are performing.

Focus on tax-saving strategies such as cost segregation studies and bonus depreciation to accelerate deductions.By qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (spending 750+ hours annually and materially participating), you can offset your wife’s S-Corp income with real estate losses, reducing your tax liability.

The math behind Real Estate is not that complicated, Revenue - expenses and debt service = cash flow. 

If you ever want to connect to talk real estate let me know. 

They did reach out and wanted a second builders deposit 3 days before xmas, 2023,  and that was the first real contact I had with them over that year long time period. 

@J Lee Have you successfully invested in real estate?