Half of my clients have bought from out of state, often through one of those programs, and I'm left doing the cleanup. 

Your middle name is not that hard to figure it out.Signed,Every One of Your Clients Whose House Was Just Broken Into...

@Rosie GellerTalk to @Michael Plaks, he is a Texas-based tax expert but works with clients nationwide.

but my clients bought it that way.

-My old client/boss at an organization I worked at for 5 years wants me to go back to work for him this fall as a Senior Manager/Lead Software Engineer (contract role).

you have ups and downs just like the economy.. but its been a fun ride.. and I really enjoy all the different people I meet.. and take great pride in helping others achieve their dreams by funding their deals and companies.. my job is to make my vendors and clients millionaires that my only job.. 

I am looking around for an accountant in the Portland/Vancouver area who has RE clients and can speak into how Private Money lending will be taxed.  

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And of course I am in the vast minority of this thinking but I like paid for real estate most of the wealthiest clients I work with have a lot of paid off real estate.. if not no debt at all..

@Ramon Vazquez the biggest struggle will be finding new clients who actually want to transact, if you can do that you will do well, if not it will be extremely difficult to make a career out of it.