But again, CSLB laws REQUIRE that $500 be paid only to a LICENSED contractor, NOT to any body else even if it was the neighbor or the neighbor's adult son that could really use the cash.

to be more specific, and probably old school, but i want a physical book there that people have access to.

You can do it yourself; the process isn't terribly complicated and doesn't require much technical skill, but it is a lot of physical labor, and you'll probably want to get friends to help.

Hey @Steven Barr, I suspect the various clerks were just being cranky and/or having a laugh at your expense.Every county in Georgia has a physical "newspaper of record" where foreclosure notices (AKA "Notices of Sale Under Power") are required to be listed.Fortunately, there's also a FREE website (https://www.georgiapublicnotice.com/) that aggregates data across multiple Georgia counties into a single, searchable database, bless their hearts!

He is saying that it has to be physical damage.  

If you have the choice, owning physical real estate in an IRA is just a bad idea. 

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage.

Along with potential income flow and tax advantages, real estate also offers physical assets.

We were caught in the Rat Race, me working as a Physical Therapist and my wife as a teacher until our 2nd child came along, and we did the math and found that 2/3 of her take home income would go towards child care.

Get a steady income without spiking your debt-to-income ratio... and without having to spend a huge fortune to get a miserable passive income.Then with that money get secured assets like real estate that will always be physically worth something (not just digitally).And that is kids what I am doing now!