Internet, vehicle, utilities, etc with live in situation on commercial propertyHouse hackingBRRRR expenses Kids advertising feesClosing costs- expense or capitalSeller financing- non compete agreements, ongoing management fee to seller, 1031 examples and timelinesMFH developments.  

I bummed rides with other realtor to the office, borrowed office workers vehicles to show property, used my brothers truck when he was on his north slope work rotation and mostly used my team owners 1972 Chevy plow truck.

Investors invest in them precisely because they are safe bets.

If you expect your income to be higher in retirement and you expect tax rates to go up, why wouldn’t you utilize Roth vehicles NOW to get the taxes out of the way as opposed to the ladder conversion strategy later when both your income and taxes are higher?

@Stephen E.A Checkbook IRA is a self-directed IRA that uses special purpose, single-member LLC as an investment vehicle.

Quote from @Doug Smith: good brokers actually can charge a client less and book the deal through the same lender than a customer can get going directly to their retail side. that's precisely my question, then how do I know if broker is good or less than good ?

But in the future, follow the procedures precisely and treat all applicants the same.  

We own our family vehicle out right so my thought was to take a loan out on our vehicle and use the money to pay off the rest of the debt.

Need to be precise with your words.

Aloha,You need to check your Governing Documents, especially the Declaration, to see precisely what the HOA is responsible for.