Any good investor friendly agent is looking for more of a partnership than just a regular client relationship.

They often get less in rent increases than anyone who we were doing regular fixed leases for, because we have the flexibility to raise rents more or less any time if the situation arises, whereas with a fixed lease we're going to include an automatic rise because we have no way of knowing what the next 12 months will bring. 

If they don't, exercise your financing contingency and get your EMD back.Stephanie

Now they just did a stock option deal at4 cents a share and my wife being top agent got a bunch of those that she exercised and now owns but they have almost 700 agents now and have expanded to Vegas and parts of CA.. 

This is due to bonus depreciation which allows taxpayers to deduct 100% of qualifying property costs in the first year, in addition to regular depreciation for new construction and improvement.

For non credit unions (regular banks), most typically can establish a deposit account for both domestic and foreign LLCs unless there is something in the banks charter that requires it to restrict its services to locals.

It looks like I can do this without her having to pay taxes until she exercises the option.

Long story short I went part time limiting myself to 20hrs a week on my regular job in order to pursue Real Estate full time.

One of my goals is once I have a good roll and passive income that can take care of regular expenses with is to contribute even more from my military paycheck to the point where I can max it out.

They are doing great on appreciation but might have to start putting money in on a regular basis to make ends meet.