Mine contends that is not the case, and has successfully fought the IRS on that topic.If you're talking about rentals, you'll often have negative taxable income even if you're in fact making money.

Hi Everyone--I am looking for some insight about investing in the hood aka rougher part of town, where properties are much less inexpensive - it would be nice to help contribute to these rough areas by making them look nicer and more inviting.At the same time, there are a lot of concerning elements to contend with.I look forward to your feedback!

Aside from 2 tenants to contend with, and assuming all tenants are paying utilities either way, why is it so much better to do a SFH?

I'll contend that's exactly what most people who did refis or HELOCs during the bubble did.

I've contended, and continue to contend, that most of these companies are, at best, useless, and at worst, scams.

What a contender...

Further, I contend advertising for private investors to fund (or offer to fund) a specific property with a single debt secured by a deed of trust doesn't violate state securities law.

Pay one you still have the other to contend with.

As a practical example, here's a link to an SEC filing for a now defunct company in case you go down that route... http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/03/9999999997-03-022915 but I'd contend that using the list Mr_Investor provided along with some of the tips from the links provided by Joshua will get you pointed in the right direction.

It looks like there is 1 other serious contender, and everything on our end looks great!