If you want to be completely self-sufficient, you're willing to build an Earthbag home or another building that can be earthquake proofed but can still be run without public utilities, you can spend a ton of money on a well and can have that well water processed to remove contaminated mine crap, you have a great off-road vehicle and you can figure out how to deal with the flooding without redirecting that water onto someone else's land then you can definitely live there.If it's an Investment you're after, give that up.

So, if an agent says that, its not something you should be spending your time second guessing.

@Agustin Conti Are you sure you'll be able to sell it and recoup your spend?

My vacation market we are around $800 per night so the clientele is more family oriented and tend to spend most days in national parks or out adventuring.

@Eva Sha happy to spend an hour with you over zoom and see what type of guidance or direction I can give you. 

And their tax advantages go away when you decide to quit and spend the money.

I would prefer to pay the capital gains today as based on how we spend money as a country, that capital gains rate most likely is going to be heading up in the future not down.

You're asking someone to spend a lot of time and energy to share what they've spent years - maybe decades - learning and developing.

But MANY/maybe most people don’t know you need to spend that $10-15k on top of the solar.

Hello BP Community!My name is Jed Butikofer and I am currently located just outside Bakersfield, CA, but move frequently for work. Background: My mother was real estate agent and my dad knew construction so we flipped...