.- Tax Benefits: building deprecation, cost segregation, write offs etc..- Principal debt paydown: tenant paying off your loan.- Cash flow.Once the above are all added up, your true Rate Return will by far exceed your returns with stocks.Now regarding the different type of real estate, that depends on a lot of factors and mostly on your financial goals and where are you in life today.

If a specific property has been identified, contact the planning department the property is located in and speak with a representative regarding vacation rental usages, when possible obtain the feedback in writing.

Ignore the fact you are friends and get an attorney to write up the agreement if it is a deal worth considering

You are embarrassing yourself.Every sentence you write makes you look worse so please keep at it.

@Matt McCurdy the one-on-one coaching was like a college education: reading assignment, homework, write summary to coach.

I am not getting paid, or any perks to write my opinion on their services.First of all I will say the average investor that is just getting into investing should not worry so much about asset protection, their goal should education and effort into their business.

If you get shocked, he'll wish he'd paid for it.I would have him put in writing that he is making you pay for 1/2 of an (necessary in today's world) upgrade to his property.

@Tim Porsche - disclaimer - I know nothing about Pennsylvania real estate law.That said, I don't see any recourse for you here on this issue, as they would likely argue that you had a chance to do your due diligence before writing the offer and/or could have written a due diligence period into the contract and chose not to.  

I don't know what you signed with the broker or what expectations were reduced to writing, I only know that IF you wish to have an open house and they refuse, and such authority to refuse such a request is not provided in your listing agreement, then you should have the right to terminate that relationship.

Although with tax write-offs, depreciation, and equity growth, this property is still a positive of $15-$20K annually to our net worth.