After reading this thread, a few comments come to mind over this common A or B decision.Without knowing how much it is (no need to say) makes my advice (or more accurately, my opinion) more general in nature but here it goes:Lending has very little to no tax shelters whereas buy and hold does.

Building rapport is one of my strong suites so the chemistry tends to flow natural.

I like smartcore from Lowe's, natural wood look with texture.

Natural gas connections.

CS is just a difference in the timing of when depreciation is recognized (or what is depreciated), it shouldn't change the nature of the investment type (short term vs long term).

The market research and development can be intensive, but there’s growing demand in many areas, especially near popular natural destinations.Best of luck! 

Take a sincere interest in what others are doing and trying to help them and they'll naturally be drawn to you and want to help you. 

I scan the forums every day, but I mostly ignore any threads that seem like a waste of my time either because they've already been fully answered, they're spammy in nature even if not explicitly against the rules, or they're just not something I'm interested in.

That is natural lifecycle of any learning, as you move from elementary to high school, to college. 

Outside of that, I dont naturally feel I'm in danger because I have an accurate and grounded perception of what the situation actually is.