Following the 4% rule, $2M invested conservatively is like $80k before taxes.

I get the feeling you aren't paying taxes on your unreported income, which is against the law. 

a lot of times the numbers in those lower cost areas will look great on paper... and then 10 years of cash flow will get consumed by capex, vacancy, turnover, tax increases.

I am a licensed realtor here in Los Angeles, don't want to deal with the exodus of insurance companies and difficulty getting insurance and keeping it after a claim, tenant landlord laws being heavily in favor of tennants, exorbitant property taxes and minimal RTP among a few other factors with these being the most inspiration to take my money out of california.  

I'm a newbie in the RE investing world, but I've been working in the world of property tax for 17 years.

A 1031 exchange, also known as a like-kind exchange, allows taxpayers to defer capital gains taxes on the sale of certain types of property if they reinvest the proceeds into a similar type of property.

Hi guys, sorry if I am posting in a wrong forum (There used to be local forums, somehow I cant find those anymore)...Does anybody know, if I wanted to transfer a house into an LLC in Indiana, is there a transfer tax?

Private lending/tax liens/notes...

Plus you won't need to provide tax returns or paystubs, lenders will look at the return on investment of the property itself.

What if one of you loses their job and can't pay their part of mortgage, taxes & insurance?