Thanks for the encouragement Ziv Magen.

Thanks Patrick Jackson, I appreciate the words of encouragement!

Bear in mind that what Rachel H. wrote about and provided links to is proposed legislation - not law.If you want to become law, You need to get involved by writing your Senators and your Representatives and encouraging others to do the same.

I want to further encourage you to go to the meetup.

Marco Santarelli thanks for the encouragement and sharing your expertise.

That is encouraging to hear about your deal.I ended up finding out that an old friend of mine is the President!

I encouraged my wife to buy a house here in Omaha (again a 3/2/2 split foyer) here in Omaha in 2011.

Generally a broker may encourage agent to work with peoplethey know who may have a commercial transaction without getting into specifics about the business side and to bring that case to the broker who will make the call and probably assign a commercial agent to you, that's probably the best case if you're allowed to get involved.Next, in some states, an agent must meet different requirements and hold a license to deal in commercial property or it may be limited to brokers.

I am not very familiar with the market in the West End, having said that, after taking a cursory look at the solds since 1/1/2013 I am not very encouraged.

I would encourage you to research and decide what the right next step forward is for you and your investing.