Lastly, houses dont have CEOs, and dont have to build a new product or develop a new service each year or potentially go out of business.

On the other hand when you walk through a house that was built in the 1970's in a well established neighborhood and you walk inside and it feels brand new and everything is done right that is a product you can take pride in offering and a family can feel safe buying.  

In order to be eligible to do a 1031 your intent must have been to hold the property for productive use in business trade or for investment.  

There's a specific product out there with a 1st and a heloc, with 10% down of your own funds.

From my experience in TX, it is not uncommon for small to midsize production builders to sell then lease back their models.  

She has worked long enough in unionized productions that she is now required to become a member.

*Escaping the Self Employment Trap - Victor Cheng*Getting things Done - by David Allen A terrific book and concepts on how to be more productive.

You begin to depreciate your rental property when you place it in service for the production of income.

I use Quicken and TurboTax....is learning Quickbooks fairly easy if I have those other two Intuit products under my belt?

Is this contractor overbooked and cant handle everything, did he mismanage the upfront funds and now in trouble, are you breathing down his neck every two seconds so he just doesnt want to be around the property when your around since your interfering with his crew being productive???