I'm very excited to be more active on Bigger Pockets. 

Flipping is considered active income and it will be taxed at your personal highest tax rate, if done without an LLC or with a disregarded LLC.

Also, Brew City REI meetup has an extremely active forum.

After I informed them to fix it (duh); they called my wife and played the sympathy card for the family in the house. 

By day I write software and by night I hang with the family, play soccer and (lately) indulge in RE books.As far as REI experience goes, I own 2 investment condos in St.

Call it the ticket to entry to play in the big boys game.

Most brands also have a tamper proof tab you can activate when you install it that makes it hard to remove unless you know exactly how to do it.

I am actively looking to use the cash-out funds for an investment property (SFH or multi family) and am excited to build my portfolio.Hoping this story helps anyone out there looking for their 1st deal!

@Brian Hill Hawaii is more of an appreciation market, so the ROI is more of a long term play

@Raul R.I am not an expert in short-term rental rules in NYC.My understanding is that it can only be deemed legal if the host does it in an apartment that is deemed commercial and below 4 stories.With that - I take it that anyone doing a STR in a building 4 stories or more is illegal.Furthermore - people who are doing a STR in a building 4 stories or less where the building is not deemed commercial - then it is illegal.A lot of people are playing outside those white lines.