Many people start out active because they want exposure to real estate and don't know that you can start out passive - you can effectively hire the asset manager and supply capital to the investment.You can have great success as an active or a passive investor - but it is important to understand the difference and to select whichever option matches your skills and resources the best.Good luck!

One other thing you could consider, if you have great sales skills and decent knowledge of your RE market, would be investing in some off market leads to try to wholesale - I personally don’t love that option, but there are some people out there that have the right skill set for this.

It can be, but it should not be anything close to the reason for purchase or sale.Sloped lots require a lot of regrading to level them which is WAY more expensive than most people think.

Here is a fresh example, and it actually came from another tax firm (not mine) specializing in real estate.Let me briefly tell you why I crossed out their pitch:Strategy 1: depends on your 2025 projected net income vs your 2024 net income, among many other factorsStrategy 2: can backfire amidst the uncertainty of future tax rules regarding bonus depreciation, and also ignores alternativesStrategy 3: no rush to do it before December 31stIf you decide to continue reading, I will give you a high-level overview of the most common EOY tax strategies, obviously without an actual discussion of each one.

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But ive heard of some investors experimenting with tiktok and having some level of success, so who the heck knows yet.

Are my sales skills top notch, no.

You may consider terminating the lease depending on how much time remains, your skills, the legal system, and other factors.Based on what you've said, I am concerned there's someone else occupying the home or something else is going on.

However, pricing in Austin is still substantially above pre-pandemic levels.

If you bot H1 22, it's more luck than skill.