Best bet would be to talk to your CPA.

I think your best bet would be fix and flips, there are some lower income areas out there and if the population is increasing you may be able to get in on the ground floor.

It turns out I would have to export my data, cut/paste it into their spreadsheet in the appropriate columns or rows, then upload it to their site.

But I do expect that the interest rate supercycle is going to reverse course in the next few years, and when the 10-year T-note yield starts heading back up, you can bet your bottom dollar that the mortgage interest rates will too.Globally speaking, there will be some negative pressure from the eurozone as they start their own QE program, and speculators exploit the EUR/USD carry trade.

Financing isn't your problem here but rather competition in the form of cash, foreign money eager to get into the US and developers who can muscle you out (here the financing does come into play as a developer is a safer bet and a long term return client).If you focus closer in to the city go for the best property possible.

I bet you can get your painting bill down around $2-3k, maybe $4k if you do the cabinets. 

Your best bet is to only deal with the utility companies when their 1st shift workers are there.

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I don't like gambling, I only like to make bets I can win.

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