And with timber, just like Self-Storage, you can conduct a feasibility study to fairly accurately predict demand, and model a business based upon historical market data to derive projections for the project.  

So I will hold onto my gold and use paper currency only to derive profit from the acquisition of real estate deals...and only as a choice I will convert that currency into gold bullion as another means for diversification. 

Passive income comes from investments, while earned income is derived from active involvement in a trade or business.If you work for McDonalds, your hourly wages are considered earned income.

Cali has a blend of French and English Law, those of us in the Heartland derive our law from English Law. 2.

I have an initial goal of attaining $3,000 per month ($36k annually) in income derived from real estate investments in order to supplement my full-time job.To kickstart this post, I thought I'd ask some questions to the community that I've been pondering over the course of my real estate education: First, market timing: I have the sense that the Dallas market has been on the upswing for the past several years, accelerating even more rapidly since the announcement of several major companies (including Toyota) moving to Plano.

The duplex alone is -3514.Give you a tool:sum all expenses per month (unique per property)divide that by the GSI that property generatesthis derives the expense ratio of that propertyI've run mine at ~30%, but some approach 45-50%. 

Half of which would be paid by the business.The S-corp state tax would depend upon state and what states that income is derived in.Personal Federal tax bill would be 3,910,646S-corp net profit would be excluding operating expenses 9,892,350Employment taxes: 7650The rates are progressive.C-corps are taxed at up to 35%https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/760...If you want to give me a call I can run through those estimates for you real quick.He may want to look into having a Chinese based corp.

It dawned on me thats exactly right if your goal is to live on rental income and your job is being a landlord and your going to derive your income from rentals.. then of course your reinvest in your business.. 

But I imagine if you kept it up with other enthusiastic folks, you'd derive the intended benefit of a positive cycle of encouragement.

The first derivative of jobless claims approaching zero is often a leading indicator of recovery;- Stocks have hit a 1-year high, indicating increased optimism.