I wasgoing over the basics of this to myself to seewhat the gains and losses might be say over3 years, buying for self use, renting for self usethen later renting out for self income.

The IRA or 401k can invest in its own deals, and the IRA account holder can administer investments - just not for their own benefit personally.The alternatives are an early distribution, which is not optimal.The ROBS program that was mentioned is an option that allows the use of prior retirement funds to capitalize a business.  

The reason is that generally the insurance company is able to underwrite each contractor based on their loss history, safety procedures in place, etc.

My experience is that the free seminar will give you a few nuggets of info but is geared for the next seminar and then the boot camp and then the mentoring program.  

That is, by keeping their security deposit you risk tripling your loss.

I have nearly 40 properties and have been interested in keeping some long term that I could really use this rate and program to accomplish my goals.  

What has helped me tremendously is a test program called "CompuCram".

A tax is now part of the Philly airbnb program, at 8.5%.

All it takes is one major issue, such as the insurance deductible for a storm damage claim, a tenant to do damage above and beyond the security deposit - never mind the loss of income while it's being repaired, or evicting a tenant who hasn't paid, etc. ... to turn break-even into a loss.

My point is use a software program to collect email address, just get there permission to opted them into the system.