Your only allowed to passively invest in a retirement account if you start actively participating you may become subject Unrelated Business Income Tax.Hope this helps,Good luck

As you already experienced you get some excellent information by participation.

The more you participate the more biggerpockets will benefit youLarry

I barely studied and passed the New York exam but I never had any problems passing exams before.

Just basically brought it down to a bare room, including down to the subfloor, and removed on of the two closets.  

I may hold it even if it's barely cash flow+ as I expect values to rise.

But its a border between the yard and a busy road , , you barely notice the traffic

So I figure now is a good time to start participating throughout the site.

The 50% for expenses and vacancy thing is helpful when trying to estimate cash-flow on any property. 50% will be overly conservative in areas where rents are high but turnover is low and construction is new. 50% will barely be enough in some areas where rents are low and houses are old.

Those that participate get more out of the site.