One thing to keep in mind, most lenders will require that you have owned a property for 12 months, and have two active trade lines on your credit for 2 years or more.

Hi Everyone,
I'm a Chef by profession looking to purchase my first real estate investment property in 2025. 
Looking forward to learning and getting started.
Mahdi

Althouhg some engineering roles might not need a degree.Consider going into trade school.

Trade cards and follow up with everyone you meet. 

Maybe it is time to sell and trade up?

Here are the ways you can qualify for material participation per IRS publication 925: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p925#en_US_2023_publink1000...Material participation tests.You materially participated in a trade or business activity for a tax year if you satisfy any of the following tests.1.

The point is BTC is NEITHER a day trading nor payment instrument.

This would add significant value since 4-5 unit properties trade for 50-60% over our current basis. 

Investors should fully understand that Section 8 is not a cure-all for Class C & D tenant challenges, it's just trading one set of problems for another.We see too many investors not doing enough research to fully understand all this and making naïve investing decisions.

I haven't seen a discussion about this on the forums yet, and figured I'd start the conversation.In case you missed the news this week, billions in trade came to a screeching halt at U.S.