He is a great marketer" is true, but in the same way as cancer.

During my two trips out there, getting a rental car and driving the streets was the best way for me to get a feel for it...before going I also utilized Google Maps street view (albeit these images are mostly dated).Property prices out here (in CA) and unfavorable landlord treatment in general made considering to Indy easy.

The treatment of landlords is indicative of the mindset of fools and despots.

That is why I do not buy into the (MISER) strategy.I lost my dad in car wreck when I was 16, my best friend's dad to cancer, and my grandmother that same year.

It really gets the same tax treatment as most other small businesses.

Let’s say you move out of the property and rent it for 12 to 24 months then it may qualify for exchange treatment.

Also, if you didn't have to work to cover your monthly/yearly expenses, that doesn't mean you have to stop working...you'll just enjoy it even more since you don't need the income.2 - Pick other financial goals (i.e....generations behind you, favorite cause...like Aids, Cancer Research, homeless, etc...)3 - Legacy

Keep in mind for west coast folks you have the 500k tax FREE exemption on owner occ.. so you can sell and not be forced to remain a landlord if you choose to do something else.. that one tax treatment for those in high appreciating markets balances the scale of the rental equation.. 

. - for "illegal" immigrant, i dont think they should receive special treatment.

My tenants are all up to date on rent, the current project I’m working on is a va construction loan funded so this hasn’t effected the project, tenant called me for some sort of bugs and 50 dollars worth of Home Depot esq bug treatment seems to have solved the problem!