My profile lists all my social media platforms.

We have not been impressed with Padsplit or Roomster even though we are able to accept rent by the room.

For your situation it's hard to say, but look at both options and see which one fits your investing strategy and risk profile more!

Now, if for whatever reason this was a fair allocation, and the 5-yr property indeed lost 90% of its value while in our hands - then the impressive tax savings they boasted about would be valid as well. 

I’ve seen people open carry (not here in Los Angeles of course) and I always get the impression they are more concerned about making a statement than they are about protecting themselves.

Generally most of us aren't going to go through the guilty party's profile and take down everything that qualifies because it takes a lot of time and effort, and most threads have an extremely short shelf life - no one is going to remember it or see it a couple of days from now.

I was simply under the impression that it was all hedge fund money.

Bidens are a great example as they are about as high profile as it comes, and as of yet nobody has been able to untangle the weave of exactly how all there entities work, what $ comes from where, and that's with arguably hundreds of thousands of people-hours into trying to untangle it to clearly point to where the $ is originating and who it's going to. 

I am in an R3 zone so I am under the impression I have the ability to do so.

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