It’s an environment that helps you develop skill sets and eradicate excuses so we can get it done.

If you're comfortable working in an online environment there are lots of great tax pros here on bigger pockets. 

Yes I am in total favor of paying for their factories to pollute the environment less so that they can continue to take jobs away from our economy.

Unfortunately in todays lending environment, there's not much there to leverage. 75% LTV is about as high as anyone will go on investment property, and that's for Fannie Mae type loans on conforming properties. 70% is about the max when you get into commercial loans.Have you spoken with any local banks in the areas where you want to invest?

With the current job environment, you'll probably want to be able to move to another town if necessary - which affects the strategy to choose.You might try bird-dogging.

An inexpensive home can be safe and secure, it may need paint, carpeting might be worn but there is no excuse in owning a fire hazard or an unhealthy environment and preying on the poorer of those in any community. :)

(some don't because it broke down, but the family have a brand new 50" tv) Visiting the family you will get a sense of how the kids behave in their own comfortable environment.

I believe the lending environment is much worse than in the states, so you may not pay taxes, but if you earn 20% less because of higher interest payments (which you can't deduct against anything if you're not paying taxes) then it's pretty much a wash.The house we stayed at also required a lot of security because apparently there are lots of people on the island that prey on tourists.

And since we are in a very good earning environment the write off's are helping with my write on's and I get out of the rental business !

For those of us who "care" about how healthy a home is to live in, how efficient it is AND what impact it has on the environment, you bring essential knowledge to BP.I'm in the East Bay, interested in investing in Oakland & SF.