Active businesses generate UBIT tax exposure for an IRA. 

Either a certain "net worth" that will make you comfortable to splurge or a certain amount of "excess cash-flow". 

The advice I receive the most is to limit my exposure per LLC, either per units or by overall value. 

Rental Market CompetitivenessHow do you determine how much excess demand, aka renter competition, there may be in a given location? 

Personally, my first job was with a small trading firm, the salary wasn't great however I got opportunity to rotate different job roles + exposure to senior employees mentoring which in a big firm I would have never gotten, it was a priceless experience. the next job I took in the same industry but a bigger firm, I had an edge over the other employees because of that experience. 

. - Investment in your mortgage returns Z% (you state a $5,000 return per year on $40,000 invested - 12.5% - but it's not quite that simple unfortunately either, that return is only for as long as there is a mortgage on the property)The fact of the matter is that you should only invest in another, second property, if you believe that another leveraged real estate investment will produce investment results that are materially in excess of the alternative choices you have.

Excessive wearing in carpets.

I believe in paying for expert advice, but asking for money right off the bat before even speaking to someone in the firm to see if it's a good fit seems excessive. thoughts?

Raising interest rates should actually curb excessive inflation, not the other way. 

This whole emotional support animal thing is being abused excessively.