But as previous business owner, I know filing for taxes can be flexible to a certain limit, such as meals, cell phones, car payments under business or personal, etc.  

Enough money to buy healthy meals if you don't like to cook, etc.But the one thing I can't generate any more of is time.In the next post I'll outline how we made the money and how long it took (about 30 years), and the event of fortunate timing and good luck that started it (my grandmother pushing my parents to buy some apartments after the S&L crisis around 1990 - when banks could barely give complexes away and you could do 90% leverage deals).I'm the fortunate son of a grandmother who had a classic value investor's eye (even though she was trained as a nurse) and who started buying single family homes back in the 1950's and renting them out.

Frankly, @Lee Goree , that sounds like some sort of daisy chain. 

One telephone hotline received more than 13,000 calls last year from people seeking information about a job, a hot meal and a place to spend the night.''

Is it chain or belt driven?

Many of those questioning their legal pursuits are (1) chained to practicing law because of law school debt, (2) don't know what else to do, or (3) feel as if it is too late to change careers. 

This is something I've been thinking about quite seriously lately, however, we're presently involved with some commercial RE transactions and looking into buying heavily into a Nationwide chain of Express car washes that are expanding into the SoCal market so traditional RE may be off our radar screen for awhile.

Those who know me have heard the story of how I bought the land from the founder of a large national chain of restaurants.

Find investors and take them out for coffee or a meal.  

It is all about having a great turnaround time because you can miss out on deals if the urgency is not understood and fulfilled by the Agent or the Appraiser,  or the Contractor, basically any Professional involved in the real estate investment chain.