There are some big players in the room and normally each meeting is packed with great information. 

How do you communicate with your spouse the benefits of investing in rental properties when they are as conservative with money as it comes; like let's sit on $50k cash conservative?I understand that we have our own r...

I am not a big player by any means.. but in Oregon I did my banks first horizontal loan since 06 they had a moratorium on doing them.. and so i was proud to be their first even at that i had to have 50% cash equity into the deal.. but I did get bank rate 1 and 6.

Commissioner, where the Tax Court held that a dermatologist (who would likely not have qualified as a real estate professional by our current definition of real estate professional) was in fact engaged in a trade or business of managing his six rental units. 

So you are saying that I really don't need to engage with the General partners LLC with my LLC ?

If such type of harm befell your clients, then you most certainly could face a personal injury lawsuit down the line.C) In the event that your LLC is sued, there could be considerable questions about whether or not your LLC is created for a legitimate purpose given the level of intertwining that you are engaging in between yourself and the legal entity. 

I found Bigger Pockets 2 years ago but im shy and it took me a while to get engaged and realize that were all just students of the game of real estate and some are farther along their journey than others and that is no excuse for me NOT to network and get to know many of you on here and tap into everyone's experience and knowledge and resources to build up my rental portfolio and to help others along the way as my knowledge and experience grows over time. 

I'm also curious to learn more about raw land investing, and of course, am entirely open to the experience of others and will likely change/modify this initial shell of a plan as I learn more and gain more experience.My goal with real estate, on a broad scope, is to build wealth via passive income in order to enable a lifestyle in which my wife and I can make traditional work optional and use our time to engage in meaningful projects and endeavors to help others in need around the world.Thank you again for building such an impressive community!

@Adam Webb Without knowing the details of your market, if there is such a wide disparity, you are better engaging in a simple arbitrage trade (as you've pointed out) and buying duplexes all day long. 

I noticed that a lot of the bigger players in the market, hedge funds had begun offering 30-year fixed rate debt to investors.