I am looking to start a real estate investing portfolio and figure I can utilize my interior design business for needed material purchases on my properties.

@James McGovernI guess everyone on this platform who invests in real estate is greedy.

New to RE investing , can I claim taxes fees on RE mentor/coaching, including Real-Estate software system package as RE start up Business cost? 

What we are pointing out is that this is a view of the market that changes constantly.

With the economy and market as they are, should I continue aggressively paying down the HELOC to potentially borrow against again or should I just pay the Interest Only (IO) payments and seek other funding at the current day higher interest rates?

Dba is typically for marketing purposes or if you are in another state and that name is already issued

As far as I'm aware, SBA loan programs cannot be used for real estate companies.

I'm  working on "ABCs of Real Estate Investing" by Ken McElroy and "Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur" by James Randel, all of which have I've taken some great ideas from.

I have contacted couple of real estate agents, they want me to fly in to look at properties.  

And basically anything that rings a bell would be helpful.The reason i am asking about this is i am trying to understand if there is a market need (pain) to make revenue streams more predictable and to insure away such risks.