and worry about their own self employment taxes, insurance, etc.

House hacking is a great way to get started in real estate, especially if you are handy, that will be a big help.Buy a 4 plex and rent 3 units and use one for your self.

This world will self-correct in the next few years, and the truly outrageous sposnors will be outed and will find the party to be over for them. 

I am mostly interested in learning about how to keep track of income and expenses, when to take depreciation, and other tax focused things.Best,Nick Hi Nick, Are you self managing? 

You could do #1 since we have done that with self-managed properties.

The other disadvantage of storage rental is they are generally slow to fill up, we are financing a new Construction self storage, and the lease up is estimated at 4 years.  1 suggestion would be to buy 1 container, lease it, then buy the subsequent container.

Yes, there is no telling on what happened behind closed doors regarding David and Rob leaving, but David expressed that he wanted to have more control on who they interviewed.

Find a lender willing to be in 2nd position or find family or friends willing to invest in your project---if they have IRAs, they can roll over into a self-directed and invest in your project. 

it was not the subject matter.. it was Mike Hern constantly self promoting so the powers to be remove him and his partner from BP..

SELF-SERVE OPTIONYou may decide that it’s not worth using a servicing company and may opt to do all the services yourself.