I have been planning to get my license this winter and still plan to do so but getting the news about my ESOP has me second guessing myself.

Originally posted by @Christopher Dunson:@Christopher Brainard Luckily, everything is permitted to the best of my knowledge.If you're located in Las Vegas, I have some bad news for you, there is no such thing as a handyman license in Nevada and unlicensed contractors can't pull permits, so I highly doubt anything is permitted.

There's an area here, where I wouldn't touch it with a 10-ft pole, just b/c it's always on the news for crime, and there is an insane amount of rentals available-- b/c guess what-- no one wants to live there!    

We're in the digital age guys) or...you can just find a Real, Straightforward Investor to Mentor you. and if he's ligit and not a greedy crook.

The article seem to emphasis the cold hearted owner stereotype but I would like to hear some opinions.https://www.yahoo.com/news/landlords-demand-rent-f...Regards,JoDale

When they try too hard, impose too many rules, it might be good for owner occupants, but really bad news for the condo landlords.

So bad news, because you are not currently in business (investing, renting, etc.) you will not be able to deduct them as a business expense under section 162.The good news, because you have decided to go into business you will be able to elect to deduct up to $5,000 of these start up costs under section 195.  

It seems like people are just hearing those terms and jumping on it .https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/fintech-mircocap-stock-jumps-2-400-after-touting-crypto-linkI am sure most of these companies won't be around forever but I dont think the technology will be going away especially with huge companies researching and implementing it .I was young during the dot com bubble but was following stocks and the market at the time and this feels very similar with these tokens surging so much in price .So far I've only invested a very small amount in ICO , the team seemed very legit and they already have an existing related legit business .Still trying to figure out token distribution and actually being able to trade on the crypto exchanges it's been interesting though .It's not a user friendly experience and there's lots of new terminology and words to learn and different random tools like wallets etc .. but that's kind of what makes it fun too .

Move (the former owner of realtor.com) which is now News Corp ceded the "rental listing" space to other online companies years ago.

Have you considered contacting your local news?