I humbly submit I have personally done far more deals in these asset class's than scott since I have been doing it since 2002.. 

You’re going to deduct the rental mortgage interest against your rental income and your personal mortgage interest (if allowed and more than standard deduction) against your regular income.

I have a 2-person unit with a glass top dining table and it has worked well.

Then I have still have to pay the person who was acting as a host even though no one came. 

I think they meet in person, but not sure it may be on zoom - they are not members of MAREI, so I don't have all the info - they do post their meeting on Meetup.And there are a lot of virtual meetings, plus MAREI events on our calendar. 

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Personally that is what I wanted, an active mentor. 

REI) and it will populate in-person and online events.

The idea of debt-free is that if a person is going to retire and has to completely depend on the income, they don't want a severe recession surprising them and causing them to default on the debt and losing the properties.In a normal world, I would do that as well.

That would be a separate mortgage and not what amounts to a second loan on your personal residence, which if you have spouses, they might not be that into.