If you depreciate that over 5 years you get an extra $2K/year in write offs, if you're in a 25% marginal bracket you would save $500/year in taxes.I only ever did it on new carpet and HVAC systems, because I'm a big believer in "keep it simple, stupid", and extra depreciation schedules complicate your life, and I was always more interested in increasing my revenues than cutting my taxes.My former CPA was pretty conservative, but still I often expensed small dollar items instead of capitalizing and depreciating them.

Originally posted by "all_cash":So, I called the listing agent last night and sure enough, 3 offers on it, ALL OF THEM OVER LIST.Please, for your sake and ours, if you don't know what you're doing keep your money in your pocket.all cashI mean no disrespect but this is just another circle of life.

I'm also having trouble finding any number on this green earth to save my life.

They don't lose that training easy and most are great successful employees because they continue that training into their professional life.

Life will be hard for quite a while kids.

Life is not about the destination, it's about the ride!

Hey In my life I could give a seminar before a nudist colony for a check.Hell I might even do that one free just to get past that fear....

Hi Rita,I'm not out of the rat race yet, but the thing that got me to jump into the business was when I was a volunteer at a state prison in WA, teaching a class on life skills.

Can't hurt to do both, point being is don't be sold on realtor hype - but the local realtors no doub thave great knowledge.Perhaps do it in the reverse order so that you have more petinent local questions to ask the realtor on the bus tour.Local REIA is a good suggestion as well.If by emerging you mean not in your traditional big metro hubs and areas that are growing in jobs and population, I tend to think and hear alot about Missouri, Colorado, Alabama, the Carolinas, and of course Texas (but when so many people are touting texas it makes me wonder if prices may be a bit inflated - perhaps it's just BPers that are privvy to the "Texas Train")Nothing like bringing life to an old thread..

I love life and I genuinely love living everyday filled with gratitude for what I have and what I want to become.