However, this was not always the case and will not always be the case in the future.

The only other justification to buy it would be if it had a really attractive cash flow, which again is not the case in your example.

As for your comment on inventory, I have not seen that to be the case in the areas I recommend to investors.. 

That's at least the case in my experience.

What I am saying is, hey I can't stand it when people try to speak intelligently about something case in point..."

You would also need to have your books audited by an independent public accountant, and file a form D with the SEC electronically. 504 Reg D would be semi easier, but also a lower fundraising ceiling.Basically, in the SECs view, if you are a business entity (LLC, LP, C Corp, S Corp, etc) and you want to raise money by selling securities, even if it is only to 1 person, then you need to either register or operate under one of the registration exemptions.Good news is that would be worst case in terms of set up, and you would only need to do that if you were talking about more than a few investors, or if you wanted to grow the company by soliciting additional investments after the company was formed. 

Through personal experience I have discovered that the better my ferrets diet is (i.e. extremely high protein food such as wysong dry food, they can't digest anything other than meat) the less odorous they are. 

As is the case in many markets the la market seems especially hot right now .

We both know that to not be the case. In

In your case in CT it might be a lot better to sell a home for 400k than an investment property for 125k (fictitious numbers)For those reasons I feel like if you're doing it part-time and you're also an investor then go for it, but if you want to be a full time agent then do both.