Medicare and social security will not be touched, for the time being.

My strategy has 3 prongs:1) Network at investment club meetings: there's no substitute for shaking hands & looking people in the eye.2) Social media marketing: upload all of your contacts to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+.

With only about 7 miles width and depth, coupled with tight city coding, the city does not have enough units to satisfy demand to live here.In addition, the social media bubble on top of explosive growth from companies such as Apple and Google has created a situation where many newly wealthy holders of stock options in said concerns are able to bid up the price of properties beyond long term value.

They had facebook and social media accounts with their full name and photo.

This means you are not trying to turn the property.Some information on the tax treatment of Flipping:Flipping is treated as a business and is subject to income tax as ordinary gain and some or all of it may be subject to Social Security and Medicare.That said:A 1031 is a great way to defer the taxes on an investment property.Just make sure you do your due diligence to be sure you know what you're getting yourself into.

If you're very new to Atlanta, there's some excellent networking groups and local REIAs that can give you a good opportunity to meet people and get a feel for the social and network scene locally.

Active participation on online social networking on BiggerPockets and LinkedIn5.

The 2 strip concrete drive is "green" and makes a statement in more "hip and socially conscious" areas.

It is one of the myriad of new taxes passed by the Social Democrats.

Doesn't sound as though the work was inspected.Little thought was given to the potential tenant pool.Sounds likely there may be issues with the lease agreement.Clearly financing / refinancing was not thought out.This was a very very short buy and hold - there may be tax implications the investor hasn't counted on as well.All in all it seems this individual went into this without any consultation, planning or understanding.