“Vacancy rates are declining in all of the major commercial sectors, and rents are rising at healthy rates,” he said.

I guess i just don't see a healthy balance between using hard money and flipping homes.If i had to rephrase my discussion: Strategies to balance risks/rewards when using hard money on flips. 

Many times the exchange to oil and gas will give you much more depreciation benefits - in working interests from the Intangible Drilling Costs and the depletion allowance in royalty interests is pretty healthy as well.It's not for the faint of heart. 

I'm looking to start doing my first deal and take real action.As a long term objective I'm looking to build a healthy passive income so I can quit 9-to-5 job and do my own thing.

I will take the extra time to separate showings and keep everybody healthy.

While I understand getting shorted any amount of money is extremely frustrating I'm not sure holding a resentment like yours is healthy for you either.

I have a healthy RE business so I really don't need the IRAs.Your mileage may vary.

His health is slowly declining, and even though I would own the property on his demise, we wish to make the change now.  

and it becomes like a chronic illness for an otherwise healthy person when they are adults.Most folks in that situation put rent in a very different mental bucket than loans.

I have a healthy rental market and don't need to deal with Section 8, so I'm not going to.