I think theirs good guaranteed cashcashflow potential. . . as long as I can handle the headaches which I'm up to the challenge.

I also invested in my wife’s dream and we opened a high-end preschool, which she managed.Things were going great until a series of cascading life challenges fell upon the family.

I'm admittedly fairly risk-adverse in the first place, and between our ages and personal circumstances, what to do next is a challenge.

If he is more involved or engages in the activity with regularity it would be treated accordingly as self employment Which could be a good thing from a tax planning standpoint.

Then we would buy a new sf to live in soon (we are engaged and plan on getting married in a yr or two).My real estate goals are not based on instant money now but on long term goals 15-20 yrs from now.  

The State and National test are challenging.

They constantly send be offers for bonds anywhere from 3.5-5% mist are triple tax free some are corporate not tax freeHi Frank --  The challenge with bonds as an investment, is you're locked into a fixed rate of return that usually does not keep up with the real rate of inflation,  and does not adjust for inflation each year.  

.- Biggest struggles and learnings: Financing is always a challenge,  Learning: never give up.  

Therefore when an appraisal comes in too low he has no problem challenging it.Good luck

I'm ready to engage more, both on the forums and in real-life REI.