I know that you do a great job smoothing out any "rough spots" in the lending process, so that certainly helps when the deal starts to go sideways... 

There is so much growth here - population growth, job growth, and companies moving and developing here.

@Jaycee Greene Nice! 

Nice to meet all of you and looking forward to expanding our skillsets collectively!

If you have the right team, your job as an investor should be pretty easy: 1.

It is nice to hear that she is doing better now. 

Hey Rajesh:I looked all over the west coast and couldn't find much in terms of markets/job growth/other infrastructure dev that showed appreciation and cash flow (both) would be very good.

Or... the other nice thing about these accounts is that you could also shop CD rates.

@Victor Yang To use the rental losses to offset any active income (W2), you'd have meet Real Estate Professional status (which would be difficult to do with a W2 job because you'd have to work more on real estate than any other job to qualify) OR have an AGI of $150K or less.

There are several 4 plex properties under 1m and a nice 3 plex, fully renovated for 900k.