As someone living in Southern California, I can definitely relate to the challenges of navigating expensive markets.

Review Form 1065 yourself and decide whether you want to tackle it.The real dilemma here is that hiring a tax pro will definitely cost you, while it is unlikely to save you much (if anything).

Kentucky is definitely capturing the eyes of manufacturing!

I’ll definitely reach out to a cross-border CPA and attorney and start small with a duplex.

But the only way to have a definitive answer and avoid "likely" and "possibly" is to analyze your plan with your own CPA and find ways to boost your hours.

@Collin H. yes this is in a residential neighborhoodI will definitely try and push back to the city and see if they will honor their previous issuance of the permit without having to go down the path with the Board.If they say no we'll see what the Board says.

I am definitely open to seller financing, I just wanted to have a back up plan if we decide on this route and we cannot find a seller willing to carry  

I definitely don’t mind getting my hands dirty at least getting started in real estate.

Definitely a lot of growth here as Texas Instruments is investing $29 billion into a development to bring over 3000 high paying jobs to Sherman.

The upside is if it was your primary the first $500k would be tax free Definitely talk to a tax guy BEFORE you do anything.