Here's more information for things to consider-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/1...As for taxes, I wouldn't take any answer as gold until it comes from an accountant/CPA who does a lot with real estate (so they are up on all the laws and new rules coming out, etc.).

Every podcast is incredible and I think you can take at least one nugget away from each one no matter what your strategy is.

As I'm sure you've noted, anything by Robert Kiyosaki is gold too! 

The 100+ seats of the Gold Room at the Allegheny County auction are overfilled each first Monday of the month with rubberneckers who will never successfully acquire a worthwhile property at a decent price in that room.

As a comparison: the CFA program (the gold standard in finance) can be done for less than $10K.

BP is sitting on a gold mine, if they choose to monetize the site more.

High cap rates, but watch for the fool's gold(a listing with an outlandishly high cap rate, for instance- on those, you'd be lucky to attain half the cap rate.)If you're not planning on having your boots on the ground, I'd say don't start with a property needing tons of rehab- better to start with a high-quality and high-functioning property, build your team, and then go for a rehab if that's what your goal is. 

I like to show investors the Tampa Heights "Zoning&Development" website, to confirm that this area is coming up, and a gold mine for investment properties. https://www.tampaheights.org/zoning-development/I am always looking to connect with reliable GC's down here for my investors.

It is a bit mind blowing that we can now access such a vast resevoir of wisdom here, kinda makes up for all the time wasted on nonproductive internet crap:)The warchest therory has another downside; similiar to folks endorsing gold to hedge against catastrophe, what happens when the storm passes and you and everyone else now has to turn their gold into cash at the same time?

They were gold mines for me.