To take a home office deduction, you have to have a separate room or area of the house which is used exclusively for your real estate activity. 

My wife and I are planning a trip out to Omaha to scout our future home the weekend of April  6-8 or/and 13-16. 

Hello fellow members,Has anybody used Active Campaign for CRM for lead management?

I'm considering somewhere in PA so I can drive out and see the areas on the weekends, but that's purely based on proximity. 

- background Condo is coming out of an Estate Sale and needs work - recent market activity, data from last month, similar units -  (1) Estate Sale - As-Is - listed for $129,000 - sold for $134,000 - (2) Well maintained /Updated - listed for $149,900 sold for $154,900 - admittedly might not be looking at this correctly in that (2) might not be relevant - thank you for helping me

No point waiting unless they do still have an active lease.

A teenager and a toddler so you can only imagine how active and alive my life is.

And that extends to your employees.The one way you can get into trouble is if they are performing a "brokerage activity."

If you and your partner are thinking about house hacking by buying a multi-plex with a VA loan, make sure the brokers you talk to are well versed in those types of loans.As for managing while being active duty, it's all about building up your team and processes. 

The purpose of this reply is that the result of all that credit activity plunged my 800 credit score down to a 500 almost overnight.