Your accountant will be the deciding factor1.

With QB you have to invoice anyway to record your accounts receivables. 

Account Closed I thought about following up with another fish joke and decided against it.

I've also considered looking into becoming a private lender but I feel I should experience the RE game myself before I start lending money out to others.I've been researching heavily, pounding through 1-2 podcasts a day and am in the process of finding a lawyer, accountant, agent and any other people I may need in my RE journey.

The loan, OTOH, has no effect on the taxable gain.I would advise you to sit with an accountant or financial planner and go through the number in detail, with consideration of your other income, and discuss future goals.

These safe harbor rules contain capital account bookkeeping guidelines that establish uniform procedures for recording the economic (not tax) results of partnership operations.

If you are serious about investing, the Pro account is worth the upgrade.

Originally posted by Account Closed:going by the numbers its a slam of grand proportions! 

Remember you're going to want reserves, and any bank will largely require 3-6 months of expenses in a cash account (although some banks like mine allow a Roth IRA or brokerage to stand-in for cash reserves, so make sure to ask about that).

Just write checks to myself as "distributions" from my LLC business bank account?