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Hi Mark,I read through this conversation and noticed that you didn't post after the BP meeting in the Portland area.

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You can't convert Roth into Traditional (unless you did a conversion of Traditional into Roth recently, in which case you could undo it within certain period of time, but I'm assuming that is not the case for you).

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I have this conversation with investors every day.

You will find there are many MA investors on the forum, so setting your keywords (see upper right of this page under the yellow podcast banner) will alert you to conversations and topics that you are interested in.Best of luck, you are smart to start early.

I was asked a question today while I was on guard (Currently in Afghanistan) and to keep the whole conversation shorr the main point of it was if Fayetteville is a good market to invest in, or was the place downsizing and all the buyers leaving (due to the military downsize).

etc.Another conversion option is to go up.

perhaps you could have a conversation with the roommate explaining to them that should they not leave peacefully, and your tenant vacates, they will be immediately evicted anyway.