If you pass all of the qualifying tests and indicate at tax time that you’re a real estate professional, does that allow you to use all of your losses to offset gains?

Note that it's minimal service, they list and you do the rest.

This will allow you to minimally encumber the paid for properties and should allow you to consider good cash flowing investments. 

This strategy has many advantages--one of the big advantages being you can use an owner occupant mortgage with excellent terms and a minimal downpayment.Good luck out there!

The income source alone doesn't indicate a red flag to me.

Get in the game with a minimal down payment, learn to be a good landlord, keep building up your capital, and then if you're serious about investing OOS identify the right market for you and build a team there.

So I'd really like to hope that these guys are as legit as some of the posts here indicate because I like to think that we, as an industry, are learning to separate the wheat from the chaff, leaving only the well-intentioned professionals.

However, it’s important to note that data looks backward and is not necessarily an indicator of what you can expect moving forward.

Most landlords maintain cash reserves of $10,000 to $15,000 per property.To make a profit, you will need to find and keep good tenants and minimize vacancies.

Purchase price: $180,000 Great tulsa flip with minimal work to be done