I have a CPA that I've used for years but when I brought up the investment to him he said my wife and I combined make too much money so there will be no tax benefits i.e. write offs, depreciation.

I don't even know of any markets where you can currently flip off the MLS.

Hey Everyone,I'm trying to get a new club off the ground and I want to connect and bring more value to people through Instagram.

It's 2 properties, single family homes, in the SF Bay Area.Sharing some details that might help inform the decision, let me know if anything else would be relevant.One property fully paid off, generates between $20-30k in profit after expenses (property taxes, hoa, insurance, etc).The other property is our current primary residency and would operate at a loss of about $10k/year.I plan to travel back to the US at least once a year, could that be a deductible expense with an LLC? 

I think many investors are going around that rule in Baltimore City, so I assume they are doing it in other counties.Not trying to pick on you as you are 110% correct and understand you are just reporting the facts on the ground, just I think the logic about this, about “off market” deals is kind of off, like there are plenty of ways to make money skirting the rules, taking advantage of old people etc, and there are more profitable ways than real estate to do that, at that point your not really a real estate investor, your just someone making money not playing by the rules of your competition and taking advantage of people, which to me shouldn’t be considered “a real estate strategy”

We have a lot of off-market inventory, much of that being MF

I was turned off by Premier and Reedy.  

Paying off my house and increasing my heloc to invest in other properties?

I would recommend starting slowly with one purchase and building off of that as you learn the business.

With a table saw you can either cut plywood to size and do nice woodwork, or you can lop off your hand.