Something she would readily grasp and provide a different perspective such as: making these sacrifices now will allow us to have money later so we can go on those awesome tropical beach or European vacations.

Not to mention many professionals believe the courts will rule against checkbook IRAs if the IRS brings it before the courts in the correct way and basically overthrow Swanson vs the irs commissioner.  

I will certainly check in with the commissioner office in MN on licensing.

Anyone ever heard of Batumi which is a vacation town on the coast of the Black Sea in the republic of Georgia(A few kilometers from the Turkey border). We just came back this week (initially in Tbilisi) and the entire...

@Damian Prusa we own 3 short term rentals in King County, and 1 in Homer, Alaska.I'll echo what has been said about Chelan - the new commissioner is more supportive of STR's, but you'd best wait for the official regulations to be signed into law before making a purchase.Cabin inventory is extremely tight, and with the HUGE interest in STR's this is one of the few parts of my business I don't like sharing publicly on Bigger Pockets.

That was actually one of my first goals way back when I first started, I wanted to do a first class European/Greek islands.

It is an old saying, but not totally correct, that the first rule of RE is location, location, location.....not really, understanding the basics of RE you'll find that the key is functionality which drives desirability; which drives choice locations through our socio-economic spectrum for housing.Past Commissioner of a "Large Public Housing Authority", Board of Directors Habitat For Humanity and Executive Director of a non-profit housing entity, I understand very well the trials and tribulations of affordable housing.

Many people who are dismayed by their college experience majored in crap like psychology, sports management, history, eastern european literature or some crap that won't land them a good job.  

I doubt the high-minded justify their 'necessary' backpacking trip around Thailand or their European jaunt to become more cultured. 

A component of California fire crisis is the series of insurance commissioners (going back many years) that created policies that prevented the carriers from raising rates too.