I feel I must address the people who have apprehensions about the "money money money" aspect of your post.

The Rs are all for capitalizing off every aspect of life, government has a role to play IMO, what private enterprise can't supply socially and economically, schooling is one of those issues.

Various aspects of social, economic, political and municpal management are considered in planning.Redevelopment is generally looking at economically deprived, less functional areas, identifying properties that are not utilized at their highest and best use.

I attach this to the lease and it covers all aspects of owing a pet including vaccinations etc.

Bill has outlined the concerns for the investment aspect quite well as usual.

I have no real estate experience (I am a photographer), but I know that when my wife and I purchased our first house, the photos were the 1st aspect of the listing that even got us interested.If there were no photos, we moved onto the next listing.

That's the down side to consider, but depending on your area of influence this aspect can be quickly disolved.

Plus, I think I could get closer to $1.5 today but I am still waiting for the new appraisals to be done.If we sold them, I have considered becoming a hard money lender to see if I like that aspect of real estate.

The other aspect is while some deductions and strategies might be legal they GREATLY increase your chance of an audit.If the payoff is small then risking an increased audit for the small gain might not be worth it.You need to have this discussion with your tax professional.no legal advice

This would help us nail down one aspect of the equation.