So, like playing a slot machine, you can either get lucky with just a few properties and have much lower expenses or you can be unlucky and have much higher expenses.But if you own a bunch of properties then it will all average out.

The property taxes in PG county are crazy and you get nothing. 

A business credit card with out a personal pg will not show up on your personal credit and won't count against your debt on your personal credit which is a benefit for having a business cc.

You will have to PG though.  

The deposit was refundable and demand high for his slot, so he would wait until building was almost complete, all competing lots had been sold, and then would sell his housing deposit to another home buyer for a substantial profit.

I would like to start in the Pg county area

Depending on your goals and your personal financial position buying properties strictly for maximum cash flow vs tax benefits and longer term rewards may make more sense.Close in to DC, PG county is probably the area that will bring you the most bang for your buck shorter term.

Proposed regs are out:  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/reg-107892-18.pdf - PDF WarningLooks like Sec 162 is the rule (pg. 8/9)

The property is located in pg.

But others that are only in the planning stages have gone to the back burner, perhaps never to surface again.When the stock market crashed in October 1929, many ambitious plans that would have changed the face of New York simply vanished.For real estate developers, 1929 seemed like a slot machine stuck in the pay position.