I would love someone who is an active real estate investor and is trained in tax strategy (not a requirement but the more first hand knowledge the better) Anyone got any recommendations for me?

It applies to both W-2 income and other forms of active and passive income, meaning that the STR loophole allows you to leverage depreciation beyond just real estate activity.3.

A few tips to build it faster:1) Attend local real estate meetups and networking events—Houston has an active investor community, and BiggerPockets is a great place to connect with others before meeting them in person.2) Join Facebook groups and other online forums for Houston real estate investors.

When I was a more active buyer, in my area I did similar deep dives into the HUD/REO markets and courthouse sale data based on Substitute Trustee filings.

This price growth is largely driven by continued low inventory levels, which have kept competition high among buyers, even as average days on market have increased to 36 days​(Nest Realty)​(Garretts Realty).In Southern Indiana, activity is up with new listings growing by 8.2%, though sales have seen slight declines.

You are trying to enter ACTIVE real estate investing where YOU play a SIGNIFICANT role.

Then to activate that you end up Docu Signing 3 different forms mostly containing the same information as if you are a new customer each document. 

We just saw few target properties go from active to contingent/pending status on MLS, it's hard to land on good cash-flow/turn-key property with low inventory nowadays.

IE everything that at simpliest yellow sticky notes, to spread sheet can do but with automation and usefuylness for >>1000's of warm leads.    99% of investors don't have this 1000's of (active) leads problem.to have 1000 active leads you need 100 warm leads / mo that after 10 mo of adding 100/mo you have >1000 active leads.   

PAL - passive activity losses limitationsHere's the compromise our tax system created.