This IRS topic defines rental income in this way: "Generally, cash or the fair market value of property you receive for the use of real estate or personal property is taxable to you as rental income."

I need to find convincing arguments that I can use to back this(linking the best articles you may know would help).

Interesting article.

No one is saying to keep tons of gold, but it doesn't hurt to be ready just in case.Putting silver aside, if you are scared looking at this graph:http://www.kitco.com/scripts/hist_charts/yearly_graphs.plxYou should actually be looking at this, which gives a better picture, I think:http://seekingalpha.com/article/47921-an-historic-look-at-the-gold-dollar-ratioIt goes higher from there.About gold's value, I too always ponder about the value people give to it, but they have for thousands of years.

Bumping this topic since I haven't seen a lot on BP about this.

Any comments on this topic would be great.

If only one reference is provided, this may be a red flag.3.Look for reviews about the lender online: If you find good reviews, but you also notice some very bad reviews, take warning.Group members, please share your experiences or thoughts on this topic.

Describing your buisiness in the Articles of Organization/Incorporation at start-up is very important, (which we have done).We will just pay our fair share of taxes...cost of business.Jon Holdman : Thanks for the context.

I haven't attended personally due to being deployed, but based on the contributors, some of them are experienced.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86/topics/80565-bp-meetups-denver-2013I'll be at the June meeting and hoping some of you can make it too.

I actually posted a question on this topic (before I saw yours) because we have lost a number of potential deals due to the owner-occupant only restrictions for the first 15 days of a listing.