The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

Some of my pros and cons for leaving current employer versus staying;ProsGreater growth potential as self employed Realtor;More access to marketing tools;Can start building RE business off of the affiliatIon of a more reputable firm; More practice by repetition; Learning opportunities in the public sector (government contracting for corporate housing)Cons Leaving a more secure job (hourly wage, health benefits, PTO, etc.) 

Probably not a requirement if its not a government backed mortgage. 

The government is taking a freedom away from me and that pisses me off.

I just know when we visited the friends farm and he outlined about $80,000 in income he was getting for land that no one was using and as a real estate investor, that just seemed amazing to me.Getting paid for doing nothing from the government, getting people to buy his grass and he backs up to a landlocked nature preserve, so he gets paid by the government again to drive across his land so they can get to the nature preserve that they are studying for something. 

So while the US government treats my mortgage interest as a cost, the UK government doesn't.

Source of income is the protected class and you can absolutely accept applications from section 8 tenants but deny each one not based on the source of their income but on the fact that the HAP program requires you to enter into separate agreements with the government that modify the terms and conditions of your lease which you do not have to agree to (assuming your state has a HAP addendum to the lease for section 8 tenants).

The government will eventually get their piece no matter how many times something is deferred.

We started getting bids and guarantees from city government, Burlington Northern Railroad,  Utilities, Carpet Layers, House Movers, Insurers,  Landscapers, etc. 

I liked having spent hours research markets and neighborhood and government programs, so that I felt more educated to have a conversation with my realtor, rather than him just tell me his opinion.