Labor: 180-hours (15hrs/wk, $80K median household income) = ($7,200)Labor includes reading BP(education), looking at properties, going to REI association meeting’s, talking to banks, agents, internet research(home, market analysis, comps, etc) Gas/maintenance on car: ($30/wk) = ($360) (tax write-off)RE License: ($1000 REC fees + 70 class/etc hrs @ $40/hr) = (3,800) (1,000 write-off)Association dues: (400) (tax write-off)Net loss: ($11,760) (minus tax deduction)$10,000 in labor or my time many do not account for in their profit margins.

Best place on the internet!

If you have internet explorer it may not work, for me, I have to use chrome.

Too many people now depend on (or think they do) their internet reps and the commodification of their own sites.

Is there a programmable thermostat?

Hoping to fill the office with designers, programmers, computer repair, consultants, etc..

I can enrich myself with knowledge on the internet, with books, and discussing things on a blog such as BP.

However, there are lots of deductions (expenses) that reduce the rental income and sometimes your overall taxable income resulting in a lower overall tax rate: mortgage interest, depreciation, water/sewer/internet bills if you pay them, property taxes, repairs/maintenance, property management...The is an extra benefit if you work in real estate for a living; it's not hard to read up on the details and criteria for that situation, but I don't know them off the top of my head, and I'm definitely NOT a tax professional.

Searching the internet for other options lead me here and I hope that it gives me the spark that I've been needing to get my feet wet.

home office supplies and home office deductionAdvertising costsMaybe cell phone and Internet if used for business?