Here your hard work, knowledge, and due diligence can regularly earn you outsized returns.

They also work their asses off and earn a lot of my respect.

When I was a kid, I had to put half of whatever I received or earned into the bank and the rest could be spent.

Sean Moen 1) You will pay state tax on income you earn from rentals in Oregon. 2) Salem to Roseburg areas are depressed from what I hear.

Be interesting to hear how an LLC would treat retained earnings and dividens, can certainly be done but seems odd, just never had an LLC with C status, had LLCs and corporations and non-profits, but never a mixed breed, I mean I know how the accounting goes, seems like switching hats to me.The most popular, for good reason, starting off for a Realtor or others is an LLC.

Gold is a slow or non-earning asset, if all you require is to preserve your assets gold is an option, if you're in the game of earning an income and growing assets, jump into RE as an income producing activity, the water is fine.

Prop #4 on a Right to Economic Security Should everyone in Texas have the right to economic security, where all workers have earned paid family and sick leave and a living wage that respects their hard work?

If you remain a resident of a state like Texas that has no income tax, then ONLY your income earned in another state is taxable there. 

If you feel as though you're being "screened out" by brokers who do not want to split a commission, maybe it would be best to create a consultative type agreement with a buyers broker where they will operate in the background and will earn a pre-determined fee once you close on a transaction.

He does all of this knowing he will earn 10% monthly on gross rents for as long as we own the property which will dwarf any commission he would have received.