It really depends on your ENTIRE situation, so making assumptions like "it's easier since it's government backed" will only make the process more complex than its needs to be.

He owns his own apartment complexes and manages others.

There are different tax rates for different forms of income, but income is always taxed provide you had more income than expenses:)@Ned CareyA licensee cannot legally pay a fee to a non-licensee with one minor exception ($50 to a tenant of apts complex that they own that brings another tenant).

Because she used my handwritten paperwork to do the exact same thing with another property in the same complex for a much lower strike price.

Hello BP,I'm an investor from Miami, FL with some buy-and-hold experience locally as well as investing in one syndicated deal (296-Unit Apartment Complex) in Dallas, TX as a limited partner.My goal for 2017 is to buy at least one mid-size apartment complex in an above-average growth market in partnership with a like minded investor with a passion for value-add multi family investing and syndication.I have extensive education and knowledge about apartment complex investing but no first hand experience yet.

Think about why all the apartment complex's require tenants provide proof of liability and property coverage when signing and renewing.  

I have been solving some really complex real estate challenges over the years and helped many people.  

A unit in this complex was sold for 490K with one less bedroom and 700 sq ft less. 

Highlights: Single-family home sales were basically unchanged with a total of 7,696 units sold;On a year-to-date basis, single-family home sales are up 2.7 percent;Total property sales fell 0.9 percent to 9,139 units;Total dollar volume declined 1.7 percent to $2.6 billion;At $230,538, the single-family home median price rose 2.5 percent to a record high;The single-family home average price declined 0.8 percent to the second highest level of all time, $300,178 (the highest was $302,599 in June 2015);Single-family homes months of inventory climbed to a 3.7-months supply versus 3.2 months a year earlier;Townhome/condominium sales fell 5.8 percent with the average price down 2.4 percent to $197,937 and the median price up 2.1 percent to $164,450;Leases of single-family homes were up 4.8 percent with rents up slightly to $1,883;Leases of townhomes/condominiums soared 12.9 percent with rents down 5.6 percent to $1,658.http://www.har.com/content/newsroom

Our company focuses is to buy and hold apartment complexes.