The tax is simply a device congress came up with well before IRA's even existed to level the playing field when tax-exempt entities compete with taxpaying businesses.Passive income is not taxed, and would include things like interest, dividends, royalties, and rents from real property.  

My favorite would be EASY but that's probably better suited for your main marketing.There is an investor in town that has the vanity xxx-BUY-SELL which I would say is pretty smart.

Its definitely going to take a lot of hard and certainly smart work to get you in a better financial place. meetup.com is a great website to find REI groups in every local housing market across the country.

And what smart investor doesn't want to make more money?

Me and a few of the guys we got smart, and jumped into the international markets.

Hello out there in BPland! I would be grateful for any thoughts on this potential deal. It is my first and I'm nervous because it looks pretty good to me, so I must be screwing something up! I have a deal in contract ...

I am not sure I can express it.The smart thing to do is to look for other employment before quitting one's job but I really do not have a choice.  

:In response to that smart-***  @Lew Payne:Well odiously you do it for the profit.  

I am a new investor, yet to complete my first deal but I have a question that pops in my head every so often when I am reading an investing book or article or listening to a podcast....If everyone says smart investors are looking for that 1 great deal out of every 100 that are on the market, who is buying the other 99??  

You are smart to just move on.