Properties to be sold and cash traded up.

Marina,Beware of trading work for rent or reduced rent. 

I'll dig deeper before I lease option it next year.You know, I wish at times I never bothered and went through the pain of learning all these trades. 

If you are not successful in trading, trusted brokers will not approve you to trade.

Amazing trade tool!

It is nice to have a debit card for any online payments.Our experience of late is that Fidelity and E*Trade are not opening accounts for IRA owned LLC entities. 

But as it gets more and more difficult to get service people (who know what their doing) older(percieved higher maintenance) buildings are going to be taxed in the market with lower values until the demand for trades people is satisfied

Real estate investing is a bit easier to learn than successfully trading the stock market, but to both take an intimate knowledge that there are few short cuts for.

Even within the topic of 'investing in the stock market' you will find a range of sub-segments, like day-trading, swing-trading, or low-involvement long-term investing. 

Otherwise a new build would qualify.Another thing to keep in mind is that the investment must rise to the level of a "trade or business" Buying a principal residence (even if it is a new build)  would not be considered a trade or business and thus would not qualify (unless further guidance is issued)@Melissa Gittens here is an overview of QOZ's:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/586...