Held a rental since 1994, sold it this week after many years of success as a part of my portfolio. It is bittersweet. I learned and applied all of my 20 plus years of real estate knowledge with this property. The oppo...

I was in hocking hills today in Ohio and was wondering if this would be a good niche market.

And then to put salt in the wounds, even if the loss is allowable, the investor may be subject to the Alternate Minimum Tax.A good Enrolled Agent may be able to sort out what is still possible today with the right entity structure and investment.

Attended a few seminars in the past and just finished a 3-day workshop today actually haha.

In today's market 6% is not going to get too many people excited.  

Have been in business since Jun 15; closed two deals, 3rd about to close; have one escrow that opens today (10-12-15) and one accepted short sale offer waiting on SS lender approval.

I've been listening to the podcasts and reading articles, but hadn't created a profile until today.  

"Look around at everyone in this room (there were 50 of us).  80% of you won't be in this business 1 year from today. 

Thanks for the word of welcome Steve, I added the RSS feed just today and have started going through them. 

This is critical because, as an out of state investor, you won't be actively managing the day-to-day activities.