For the landlordlock lovers, bear with me and keep an open mind.Keypad entry has been discussed as a 3rd option, and always as mutually exclusive to the two main camps above.

I’m just direct, to the point, but sometimes my true tact and charm doesn’t come through pecking this stuff out. 😬 Need face to face for that.Happy to help out in the ATL anytime.

Just because you love real estate and love real estate investing doesn’t mean you will enjoy being an agent.

Do you love real estate? 

One of the key reasons I love Real Estate instead of just equities investing is that you can improve the outcome by hard work.

Office space for rent in downtown Carmel on Rangeline Road I am renovating a charming old house on Rangeline Road.

I think they're so charming - especially if well decorated - that people are willing to pay a little extra just for the experience.

I believed that I could plow forward and win over the owner with my charm and reasoning. 

Taxed on $1,000,000  capital gains only.Now, Joe also decides he love real estate so much he wants to become an agent, and Joe puts in enough time the same year of selling his business to qualify him as a "real estate professional" by IRS standards and makes $100,000 selling real estate.What I can not seem to clarify is, now that Joe is a "real estate professional" in the same year he sold the business and had a large long term capital gain, can Joe use the remaining $400,000 loss from the property because as a "real estate professional" your losses are not limited to only offsetting  passive losses?

If you really love real estate, you could take a job in the real estate field such as construction, property management, or become a real estate agent (not sure about the age requirements).Also, in the meantime you can look into potentially wholesaling properties.