All great books if you haven't read them, and while they were published a few years ago, still awesome to read and understand and will also help you with working with investors. 

We are both hoping to reduce our taxes this year as we paid a lot in taxes last year.

Hi Brady, I was sort of in your shoes a year ago!

I am currently on active duty and looking to start my Real Estate journey as I retire in the next four years.

Some counties in Virginia loves them because they have little employment so no big population increase = more burden on schools and the tax basis is very high because of the personal property inside of them so they pay a lot in taxesAs you mention need to be near a power source and I spent 5 years trying to get one approved in 30 acre parcel that the county wanted the site for something else - so they can be challengingTo get zoning approved

In our24 years of experience, managing almost 100 S8 leases currently, the average S8 tenant has a FICO under 580, numerous collections from utility & cell phone companies, doesn't want to pay a security deposit, much less an application fee and claims they don't know how to fill out their S8 paperwork despite being in the program for several years - hint: they want YOU to do it for them.Most, not all, are eligible for government assistance due to a funeral-march of bad choices.REALITY: you are trust trading one set of problems for another.You can succeed with S8, but you need to understand the challenges and plan accordingly.

My bookings have been down a bit this year and wondering if I should turn it on to see if there’s a legitimate difference.  

hello everyone, over the past couple of years we have purchased two single-family homes and also built a guest house on our property.

The rents are collected weekly instead of monthly, so there are more rental periods each year, but I assume expenses may be higher as well.Does anyone have experience with SRO real estate?

All additional insight s are welcomed and much appreciated BK Hello, I Know many from around the world that have been buying there for many years.