I am looking to learn more about investing in residential and possibly commercial real estate.

As far as end goal is concerned I would like to have 10 rental properties by the time I am 35 and a decent enough understanding of the industry to possibly start my own property management business.

If these kinds of things are going to affect your decisions, you should probably skip out on the social media check altogether.Screening tenants as thoroughly as possible is simply good business.

I've thought about getting in touch with rescue and similar groups to contact the HOA to show the statistics and data on dog aggression and bites and possibly bring some such "bombproof" dogs by for a visit.

Good agents know that you won't be a one shot wonder, and will provide that added value to tell you to consider other properties, or if your bidding possibly too high or too low, and be accurate in their assessment.

I want to shout out to my dad, BP, Joe fairless, Jason Hartman, my REI groups, and everyone else who has made this possible.

I'm looking to build relationships, network and gain as much understanding as possible to grow my business.

My question is, if I am using my cash flow to make payments on this personal loan, would it be possible to deduct this from my property income?

@Michael Webster That's a well-taken point about possibly selling.

But I wonder how it's possible, because what's a good deal for the buyer is a 30% left on the table for the seller, and I wouldn't think too many sellers are up for that.Here's what I can come up with as to how deals like that could happen:The seller goes FSBO and doesn't have much clue, so underprices the property.