Its a great way to get yourself into the RE investing game.

Buying RE is nothing like buying index funds or stocks - Google it for 15 minutes, click on buy shares.

Upgraded the backyard and re-styled and provided high end furnished to the home What was the outcome?

There are a lot of ways to invest in RE and each requires building necessary skills.  

Took me 2 years to completely gut and re do everything in the house.

It’s inconceivable to me how someone with a RE broker license, a CCIM, and a plethora of Series Securities Registrations can think that the property tax valuation would be reassessed at a LOWER value after knowing that the subject property and neighbor properties were being sold for record prices with each recent sale.

We’re still waiting for next steps on that one re: borrower repayment or foreclosure.  

The value of the info he provided cannot be understated.Residential RE is more challenging then a few years ago, but there are a lot of ways to make money in RE.  

What are your thoughts on the chances of 100% depreciation will be re-instated with Trump back in office?

Always INDEPENDENTLY check:zoningcode compliance building classification local rules re Airbnb etc and whether you can assume those statusestitleinspection of building conditions environmental conditions schoolseverything else — this is not a complete list.Never trust/assume.