I’m finally ready to take the plunge into real estate investing, but with two kids, I’m nervous to use any of my own cash for the first project. Any tips on how to navigate this?

If the same person is willing to cut it down for free in exchange for the wood, I'd let them do it.

Hello all. Hope I can learn some good information on here.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

(I've written about the topic on the forums many times).I also have personal experience rehabbing properties with structural issues (unfortunately).I've bought and rehabbed properties in almost every condition imaginable, but I've never knowingly bought a property with significant structural issues--that's my one deal-breaker.

Every room has a few pieces of furniture/personal belongings.

I personally believe that landlords can be great change agents in a community.  

That is MUCH harder to do from a distance and when your personal experience may be with newer homes that don't have issues like this.

The IRS has a “same taxpayer” requirement for tax tracking – if the same person or entity is exchanging, it’s easy.If not, we’ll have to bring in our structuring attorney to ensure the right steps are taken to maintain 1031 eligibility.

I just want to know your opinion on which is the safest way to reject her, as she seems to the type that would try to make my life difficult even with legitimate reasons to reject her.