Somehow earning that polar bear badge (camping below 0) pretty much quelled my camping desires.

I would say commercial RE was on the up when i was younger, but is it worth it to put hard earned dollars into a declining industry?

You make investors happy, earn legitimate sweat equity fees that you wouldn't with your own cash, and grow exponentially instead of linearly.

My dad owns 5 rental properties free and clear.He is looking to get cash out of them in order to purchase more properties.Main problem is: he did not earn income with w-2 for 2012, sort of an aberration, which is a bummer, but its history.

Right now it's just dirt, and I've done some homework and it's going to cost about 10k to get the drawings from the architect, and about 350k to build, but the revenue model I have figured out should make this a lucrative property.My concerns are, how can I earn money in the meantime while it's just a lot?

when you have the cash there are so many things you can do better to earn big money.

Put your deals out there to maximize your earning potential through good ole' fashion competition.

You might even consider a Private Lender who would borrow because of their willingness to make more money that is hardly earning anything in a savings account.  

I did not feel comfortable advising people to put there hard earned money into a house that they hoped would appreciate in value ( Which I am sure some of them wouldnt mind as long as they have a home to live in ) but after realizing that a house wasnt an asset but a liabilty I had a hard time sellig this to people.  

I get it for rentals, where you can accrue rent/expenses based on time vs. payments, but for a flip the earnings process isn't substantially complete until closing.The other question is why you'd want to accelerate rev rec into 2015, unless you're taking a loss on the transaction.