Investing involves risks and rewards – and usually the higher the risk, the greater the potential for significant gains and losses of invested equity.

Also, in 1.5 years we will be dealing with having to pay capital gains on the place (lived there 4 years before renting out).

We would like to be able to split both the yearly 'cash flow' and the long term capital gains '50-50'.

While you’ll certainly gain some knowledge, most are not worth the cost.Set aside 3 or 4 days and spend hours listening to the BP podcasts, interacting on the forums, and reading real estate books.

Would this trigger capital gains?

New investor looking to gain experience in acquiring rentals.

I’m considering the same strategy and would love to hear any lessons/pitfalls you’ve gained.

He then lectured me on the point was, to gain $1 million in debt and be able to make your payments and service your debt.

I’ve already gained a lot information just from reading the forums.

@Kevin Fox, I have a property in north county (Vista) I purchased in 2009 that has gained a large amount of equity, though in  9 years the rental comps have not shown any significant rental increase.