Originally posted by @Carlos Zapata:@Shiloh Lundahl , my JOb is been a Realtor and a Wholesaler,  I know, it is in the same industry but I love making active income and invest for long-term passive  income,  first, I got some SFH, rented on section 8,  but now selling them and with a goal of acquiring my first Mobiel home park.Been an agent is really great because I do not sell houses, I sell homes, all my clients and now my friends, some of them are already  interesting on investing on RE as passive investors I think for the reasons above those that aschew being a realtor and think being a wholesaler is the way to go really miss out on the actual long term benefits of being a broker.. 

It would benefit the community in the long run.

Feel free to reach out if you need more information, but Jeff F is essentially correct.

Appraisal work definitely comes with the benefit of being very educated on real estate, financial statements, etc. but often in my experience leads to knowing too much, being too conservative, and holding yourself back.

And if not, that ALL deferred maintenance will be taken care of by either the seller before closing or providing cash or they buyer in the 6-18 months after purchase.Lenders on larger properties will require that that happens.So essentially, if you leave out CapEx on your valuation you have to assume the property is in perfect operational condition.

There are benefits to owning. 

If S8 is not rising annually you need to drop all S8 tenants and get out of the system.If there is no additional financial benefit to renting S8 ther eis zero incentiveto be in th eprogram...except maybe for disconnected landlords.

The tax benefits, equity and appreciation rates will make it worthwhile if you're able to do it as well. 

From what I understand, having rentals in a Roth IRA would be smart because all rental profit at retirement would essentially be tax free.

Donald Delt note investing is essentially being the bank.