The holidays are a magical time, full of family gatherings, laughter, and... real estate deals?

And, for those people who have more time than money, they can put in sweat equity into directly owned real estate.

I wanted to start tracking my daily hours in the business and wanted to understand HOW I need to do this so it gets approved come tax time. 

Find a rich old guy who has made a crap load of money in real estate.  

Best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, second best time is today" You are not too late to get into the REI world!

@Dylan Jeluso see if you can join a team in your real estate office to gain experience.

But I want to now purchase a house with the first time housing program, would I be able to?  

While I don't do this professionally, I have a software team that works for me overseas for my real estate business needs.

Once you go above $125k/unit you start to get into the high end areas that won't have very good rent/price ratios and are under the 1% rule mark for turnkey stuff.Neighborhood wise in the city the "East End" is where the most expensive real estate is since that's where the universities and a lot of the hospitals are located.

Ok, now, conversely with real estate, that is simply not possible. '08' was the biggest hit to real estate in our life times, of EVERYONE alive at the time of it, right.