On one hand I can be persistent, make a base hit purchase... maybe, and gain some experience. 

Being a hairdresser for so long I have gained great sales, communication and people skills as I’m quite outgoing and extroverted!

You would want to invest your IRA passively if you wish all income/gains to be sheltered from taxes until distribution.

I have listened to several BP podcasts and gained a lot of valuable knowledge.

Are you able to gain any of your own clients and charge a fee?

With that in mind here's why;Moving real property out of a S/C- Corp is taxable when it comes to capital gains and a personal suit of judgment against you or one of your shareholders can filter through to the corporation.

No matter how new you are, if you know your market like the back of your hand you will gain people's trust as a neighborhood expert.Fourth, aggressively pursue getting listings.

There seems to be two camps where:Take it : $1 save today is more valuable that $1 in the future, even with the recapture when selling the propertyNot take it : due to huge increase of the asset price, when you sell, it will bump you up to higher tax bracket, and with the recapture, it will negate any tax write off you gain earlier.Just wondering if there are any general rule of thumbs to follow?  

They make about 25k a year and were worried about capital gains tax from the sale.

I own an apartment that I lived in for about 8 years before moving out to rent a home with my new husband (apartment was too small for us both) while we save to buy a home together. 5 years later, I want to sell my apartment and use that money to buy a home together, but now I have to face the capital gains tax implications.Since I moved out but did not buy a second home and instead, my husband and I have been living in a rental - is the apartment that I own considered my primary residence (since it was for 8 years prior) and therefore, can I avoid or minimize the capital gains tax?