I'm not a tax professional but I did consult one of my tax buddies at my firm regarding this situation just this week and this is what he told me.

I am eager to learn and would love to meet investors and experts in my local area.

As far as looking in the burbs I look out in the northwest suburbs and it seems as the best you can do is 8-10% return before debt service.With management costs I am not sure what other guys charge exactly or the number of firms that will do it but we charge our handful of clients, including ourselves what I said above.

But I will firmly stand behind the statement that providing education and doing RE investing are two different businesses.And I will also state that I do think there are many "educators" in this business who provide very little value for the amount of money they extract from their "students".

My goal here is simply to better understand how much leeway I have, where I need to be firm with them and where I can be more flexible.Thank you again for your feedback.

Not really looking for the Big Box firms at this time..

Bryan Hancock,I agree with you; however, I must say that arranging your affairs in a position that benefits yourself might be an area that will allow you to save on your tax bill.I firmly agree to not spend just to not have it taxed.

He replied the NYC broker charged less in trading commissions.Interesting, my experience with buying and selling stocks was the broker referred to a book supplied by the brokerage firm to determine the commission amount.

Now my question, are US real estate firms willing to sponsor employers to obtain their citizenship?

I want to read up on what services the firm offers.John Corey