Sometimes it's ambiguous, but even then, why should I bother with the company that has numerous unresolved lawsuits, versus another company that is virtually the same but has none.

Credit Card (Liability)Your balance sheet starts off balanced, so each transaction should keep the accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Equity true. 

The earlier you start in your RE journey, the better off you will be in the future.

Contractors are often off chasing other jobs or being pulled back to finish something.

If I had time to take a 2 week course on it to figure it out, maybe I would have felt differently, but I'm looking for uncomplicated and if their stupid webmaster can't come off his high horse and make it easy then I'm not paying $50 a month plus the lead generation costs...and thats my 2¢

Your best bet would be to do a short-term rental in the ski area, but you want it to be one that is solid off-season as well.

Maybe you’d get an offer from one of the “more well-off” members of BP.

Based on my understanding, all you can do is carry-forward the loss till you dispose off the property.

Currently I live off my investments and can easily retire.

one BIG problem that we've seen from one HML to another HML is that during bankruptcy proceeding , some of the HML guy can perform the job by chasing all entity involved, while some other fund just give up and write-off the loan, so it's more complicated.For each fund, best thing is to consult previous LP investor that has already invested in the fund, and they expert enough to understand the situation and the actual capability of the HML guy.lot of HML aso these days , got trouble due to mass redemption from investor.