Owners of resort vacation properties are viewed as fat cats, and its like painting a target on your back.

Fat fingers, small keyboard.

I don't know if you can in your jurisdiction, but perhaps you can sit in on other appeals and see what arguments / information works.

The reality is contractors are motivated by money and retail jobs give them a fat paycheck for profit.

Using asset income management I consistently increase my income and simultaneously lower my taxes legally.So while fat bureaucrats concoct more ways to dig deeper into the wage earners incomes, savings and retirement accounts, you could and should do all you can to shrug off their chains and push out of the rat race.

Hey BP Family,These are great articles on securing and closing on good deals in every housing market USA and abroad.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/07/02/fat-check-in-real-estate-investing/?

Before now I've always been under the notion of actually needing to have fat pockets and godly credit (neither of which I have) in order to make a move.

Usually, in my experience, pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered on the matter.

Tall 180 degree non fat peppermint hot chocolate with whip and no mocha drizzle from Starbucks!

I'd say, keep learning all you can in these next 5 months.