And if I go ahead and replace some w2w carpet at the same time can I combine the two as one line item on the form 4562?

We're not talking about combining funds here, simply brokering a note.

I'd love to take over the business, I just can't live in that area as it is a bit too rural for my taste.Ok, enough back story...basically, I have thought a lot about finding a way to utilize this unique opportunity of having my father's business in the family and finding a way to combine the cost savings of purchasing goods through his business to keep my rehab/flipping costs down and then giving his business a percentage of the sales profits or something of that manner.Does anyone have any insight into how I would go about establishing something like this officially (would it be an LLC, just a simple loan or agreement, etc) or any other ideas of how to capitalize on this opportunity?

Combined income for us is over $200k.

My main goal is to find a house adn perhaps combine it with a business where I can work for myself.

In other words, there's a pretty serious financial barrier to entry and the going concerns are going to be tough.On the plus side, it looks like you can knock out the requirements through a combination of paying out to insurance companies and taking prerequisite courses.

Here are my questions,1) Is there any way for us to get a combined total of 20 mortgage loans based on our combined 300k savings, good credit and job income?

Combined with all the info here on Bigger Pockets, that's all you really need.

Downside is you have to have a few hundred thousand to buy into the smallest price triple net asset class to get started UNLESS you partner with someone else and combine funds.Most rent bumps in triple net go to 2% bump a year in the primary term.

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