Seems like they have already built in most of what you are trying to achieve with tax laws.

You will find a ton of information on here and plenty of helping members that want you to achieve your REI goals.

What do you hope to achieve through your property investment?

There are many groups of people in the country (and the world) who can make a case to evoke our sympathy and achieve "victimhood."

Currently I am signed up with about 30 banks and counting with direct contacts to the commercial special assets vp's and directors.My goal is to sign up with a few hundred more.Most distressed properties released by banks are lots and raw land for which they see no recovery followed by mom and pop type stuff.2011 I believe more of the bigger stuff will hit the market more frequently.Goal is to do at least 30 million in transactional volume on real estate deals as a broker and then purchase a few investments of my own.Between triple net,apartments,and bank distress deals I believe my goals are achievable.

When that goal is achieved, depending on other factors, too, I plan to re-establish a connection with him and maybe move forward on a project or two of his.And yes, congratulations and happy birthday to your new child.

It's all back now plus more, but that hit added a year or two to a significant goal I was on target to achieve by 2013.Indeed, double digit growth will be hard to maintain as net worth increases.

Over the past 80 years or so, a highly diversified portfolio has historically returned between 6-8% annually, which is pretty good for just sitting back and letting the markets do their thing.But, if you can achieve even a few percent higher than that 6-8% through skilled investing (I'm NOT talking about speculating), you can significantly increase the speed at which you can accumulate wealth.

and "If you believe it, you can achieve it..." and all that crap...Unfortunately, there is a lot of pressure associated with that mentality -- if you don't succeed, there must be something wrong with you, huh?

It is hard to achieve very high returns with much larger apartment complexes, though, because you will face competition from institutional buyers such as REITs.2.