They are also at that stage in life where they will shower twice a day and run the laundry to wash one favourite pair of jeans.  

This appear to provide some good information- https://www.theceshop.com/wash...Since you are in multiple states and it falls under state licensing you would need to do a cost benefit analysis and see if the continuing licensing fees, brokerage, and time spent on CE would be less than the money you would save on personal deals or 3rd party deals. 

You can bypass the 10k cap of State and local tax with house hacking.  6)You can depreciate the rental portion of the house which can wash out most of the rental income that you otherwise had to pay taxes on.You live for very less or almost free. :) Good luck 

The bad news is that it isn't as simple as some would make you to believe.There are systems and pieces of the puzzle that need to be put in place to make your machine run smoothly.

If you have ever heard Dave Ramsey tell his story, you realize that the debt isn't what caused him to loose everything, the type of debt was. He

Most work, they have jobs, they check you out at stores, they wait on your table, clean your dishes, clean your homes, watch your children, some teach, they work in hospitals cleaning up the messes of the sick, they drive trucks, wash your cars, mow your lawns, they labor at factories....I could go on.

The tub scratches are from people who wash things like tricycles, metal shelving and cleats in the shower.

Certain liens are not washed off by foreclosure, court orders, back child support, taxes and levies so, as Steve pointed out, in your business, you should understand lien priority an other methods to satisfy a lien holder prior to a sale.

Mind you he NOW stores his patio furniture, tractor & 'stuff' in my barn & has often borrowed my air tools etc for his truck repairs so I guess it's a wash (& we haven't raised the rent for 2 years).However, the annual pig roast our biker 'rent to own guys' have each year is now a reluctant but automatic decline.

I have done demo work,  flooring installations, tiling, drywall finish, using miter and table saw to cut and install baeboards and window sills and building picture frames with scraps, .I built a bar cabinet, an island cabinet around a center island stove, I have ran packer machines that compact the dirt in a foundation before the concrete is poured.Of course painting and sanding and varnishing...replacing electrical plugs and receptacles, hanging light fixturees, replaced plumbing pvc, used all sorts of power tools and saws and LIKED IT!...