Thanks. 2015The plan: Fill my first property with a (good) tenant.

Getting into a property that has negative cash flow can seriously hurt, even if you've thought out a magnificent plan for it.

I started spending a lot of time researching new rental markets for myself and recently came across Parma, OH.

At the moment, have plenty of financial glide path, so don't need the equity of the current Investment prop, but had planned to owner finance (extra monthly income flow @7%, fluff... more income not required to eat, clothe, house. ).1) Cursory look indicates 30% max AGI can be deducted if deferred to Charity.

Planning to buy another primary in a year or so!

Tonight is the night, after months of work with the state, county, and city we are presenting a site plan for the city's approval and zone change.Normally, I would not pursue a zone change but when I originally went to the city and proposed storage units based on its current zoning they said they wanted more houses.

While this may exempt it from being classified as a rental activity, active participation remains a requirement, necessitating compliance with three tests: spending 500 hours on the property, dedicating at least 100 hours (and more than any other participant), and performing all the necessary work needed.Additionally, long-term viability and consideration of depreciation recapture are important concerns.

Start a self-directed 401k retirement plan and max it out if you can.

And why do they care if they have to pay taxes since it is an S corp, if they don't plan to sell it? 

Trust me, I've toyed with the idea.Vacant land where it makes sense to build large MFH stock might make sense, but chances are this isn't the land we're talking about here.The reality is most vacant land in Detroit is being repurposed for parks, the Joe Luis Greenway, solar farms, neighborhood gardens, etc.Beyond that, let's say you plan to hold long enough for SFH prices to get high enough where it does make sense to build.