Looking back, I realized I was hoping to hit a hole-in-one on my first attempt to play golf (I hope I didn't lose you on the metaphor).

What I made per hour on that flip is not what's important, it was each of our first flip and we didn't lose his money. 

I'd ask your CPA/atty, but if you used it to exempt income, you'd probably lose with the IRS and your state.

Don't lose hope.

I do feel for the Chinese, when their RMB fluctuates they can lose value from 3-9% in a week. 

This would be like purchasing shares in a REIT.In a syndication, investors own part of the asset and get all the benefits of owning real estate with no management and with crowdfunding you also have no management but lose those benefits of actually investing in real estate like depreciation and leverage.

My wife said that after I made the rental comment, he probably was going to lose my number real quick.

My realtor says I would lose the $1,000.00 check I take a pic of to show our intention to buy the house that we send with our offer.

In a perfect situation, the payment will still be delayed (even if by hours) using this additional system.And secondly, many of these vendors have "clawback" provisions where, in their terms of service, you give them permission to go back into your account - even weeks after the fact - and reverse a deposit that was made by your tenant.Its not always possible in my asset class, but I try and pick tenants that have something to lose if they stiff me or try and clawback an e-payment.

The only big negative I can think of at this time is on the investing side where we want to grow simultaneously but will be losing almost 100% of W-2 income when we pull the trigger so lending options will be limited for at least 2 years.