Typically real estate is long term, has tax write off advantages and you can borrow money tax free to invest in other opportunities.

It sounds like you’re in a great position to get started—$100k saved up and a clear goal are huge advantages.

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Most of the easy "lipstick on a pig" transformations are gone - you're often looking at more serious rehabs to make the numbers work.That said, we do have some advantages: strong rental market (lots of students, young professionals), still relatively affordable deals, and good appreciation potential in many neighborhoods.

Tons of advantages with your suggestion, Frank.

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This was probably a year ago, but Before going onto their website I even called and spoke to a worker at that office who directed me to the category where I would find them… the category was filled of all kinds of irrelevant documents, thousands of them.

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Are there specific advantages or potential pitfalls I should consider when structuring these activities through my LLC?

I put the opinion "commissions have always been negotiable" in the same category as Henry Ford's famous statement of "you can have any color Ford you want, as long as it is black."