I had purchased a building in 2009 in the Old West End and I was standing outside when a man approached me saying he owned a 45 unit apartment building with a 30 car parking garage across the street that he wanted to sell to me.

You can tell from the outside that it's bad.

I have mentored a few young people here in the Austin metroplex and on the phone with a few others outside the area.  

That seems to be just outside the Fed timeline of keeping rates low.

I look at markets outside of New York however close to it.

That means no debt outside of the house and a 6 month emergency fund.

I have recently posted as to advice on making my target market outside of my state as well.

Can we put aside some of the rental income into an solo retirement account (outside of our 401k/Roth IRA) and be considered a business deduction as well?

I know Amazon is putting a big warehouse in Richmond (just outside Houston's SW side)

Anything outside of these rangers may be too good to be true or just a really bad deal depending on which side it falls.As for what to look for in a lender...