It wouldn't be, but it's also a fund made up of US Treasuries, so you get practically the same amount of insurance since both are backed by the US Govt.

You could potentially sell the property and pay practically nothing in taxes!

There are so many listing agent personalities that each situation will be slightly different and you'll need to practice too get better.

He's saying, "Go get rich elsewhere" (i.e. the practice of dermatology), then take your dermatology riches and place them in real estate as a "store of value". 

Needless to say this practice eventually gets fought by insurance, prices go up, policies get less comprehensive, etc. 

Over the last 6-7 months, I’ve been doing my best to “get smart” on real estate investing, starting off with Rich Dad principles, which led to Rich Dad Advisor (McElroy, Sutton, etc.) audiobooks, which led to BP podcasts and doing YT research on tax benefits…I’m feel ready to take action and start putting everything into practice but still not certain which method is best for my first investment property.

After that experience - of renovating and building new simultaneously - it became highly evident to me that new construction was the way to go.

I'm analyzing deals every day just to practice analyzing and finding cash flow in my area looks promising.

I saw it as an opportunity to improve some of my data tracking & categorization practices.

it was not a conspiracy of every business in US to simultaneously raise prices was it?