You could also join the National Guard or Navy Reserves (or Army if you prefer)...they both offer afffordable health care (Tricare Reseerve for Navy) and the service committments are part-time (one weekend a month) which might still allow you the freedom you are looking for.   

Nation wide like 08 GFC which was global... so i guess if credit markets freeze like they did... that could happen.but seems to me lenders are somewhat more prudent then they used to be.. 

Knowing squat about construction, they simply compared the renovation quotes they got to online national averages for houses typically built from anywhere from 1910-2010 and insisted that the subs were all robbing them.

Account ClosedPer the NEC (national electric code), you need a switch-controlled light in each room.  

Hi Josh, we use National Real Estate Tax Tracking, NRTT, https://nrtt.com.

And I think, the affects will be felt throughout the entire city, state, and nation.

Also, with new construction you will already be building to new codes by default and not spending time and money deciding what needs to be updated, what doesn't or what should be but isn't required.I have a unique skill set having worked on design in new construction as well as having managed literally hundreds of rehabs on investment properties when working for a national company.

totally under the national radar and the BP radar for sure.  

That coupled with an ever speedy growth of our national debt at 20 Trillion now and growing fast, what is the likelihood that the tax brackets at the time of your retirement will be higher then now?

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