Being a RE agent/investor/owner broker/ NPN: Pros: Having your own business, strong sense of accomplishment, being able to go whatever direction you want, freedom, getting to know the business from the retail end.Cons: Easy to get off track, inconsistent cash flow, must be super driven, long hours.Banking (Commercial Loan servicing/Bond markets)Pros: Weekly paycheck, lots of folks to learn from, good business models to learn from, intimate knowledge of how the entire process works from the bank side.Cons: 2 weeks vacation per year, co-workers, bad bosses, limiting environments. 

With that lengthy preamble, here are my questions:- Is it better to put down 20% on a lesser property; or to find a better investment, put down a smaller % deposit, and use the leftover cash to finance the rehab/construction of an ADU?

I was fairly conservative with it at 50 percent bonds/stocks.

So I will really rely on past work, referrals, licenses, insurance bonds, etc until I can get a solid team.  

Hence the gains within the IRA, whether it's from stocks, bonds, RE, or other investments will not be taxed.  

Modifying the floor plan is easy conceptually, but that's a lengthy process with the city planner and the permit process. 

Does anyone invest their monthly cap-ex reserves into dividend stocks, bonds, etc?

I don't know what to do, not sure if it was all a story, if it was all true, he claimed he was bonded licensed and insured but I never saw a copy of it, I'm scared i am liable for his hospital bills, but there might have never even been an accident and hes hoping I just let it go.Help.

People are flipping houses all over Cincinnati - Roselawn, Bond Hill, Price Hill, too.  

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