And yes you could invest the money for a deal ... but lets be STRAIGHT . with 2k you get the basic education / foot in the door.

Our firm is primarily made up of EA's (enrolled agents) who specialize exclusively in the study of tax law and representation (basically if you get audited they can defend you in tax court).

When I confronted them, they defended their quote, stating that they go off the industry standard and a portion of the labor time is for "testing the system after repairs to ensure safety."

I am looking to start small, 20-40 spots, basic gravel lot, fence, security etc.

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As I mentioned, use sub accounts in a master account, this is like a subsidiary account, it is a set of books basically for each cell that when all are combined or consolidated add up to the balances of the master account.

My family has made quite some renovations in our apartment and can help with the basics, like flooring, walls, and some plumbing, and we have the tolls for that, but for the roofing situation we need someone who knows their stuff.I still need to obtain the blueprint of the whole attic and then scheme it out and dive into the fine details.

yup you'll go with a builders risk policy with a basic 1m liability attached to it . insurance agent can recommend best for the extent of the project 

If it tends to be for a pretty set time frame it may be more of a tutoring/teaching type of situation.I tend to stay out of my tenants' business unless it involves safety of the neighbors or some kind of major crime, so yes, drug dealing would fall into that but most lower level dealers will have more than 1 customer and many high level ones who might only have one visitor are not as likely to have them daily.

Tenant basically said they would agree to current market rate if landlord pays the new commission, or at a lower rate they would cover the commission.