He said anytime there's an odor, he paints everything with that silver paint and then paints over with regular paint.Has anyone heard of this?

Some are bloggers, some are regular posters, some are on every day, as in being addicts etc.You are in a nice area there.

Since the beginning of time, all we really are doing is converting assets from one form to another for the purpose of consumption or wealth creation (i.e. 90% vs 10%).

The results look very good.When this building is done, we have the option of retaning the slab only of the lanai as a patio or having the lanai rebuit as part of the regular a/c living space at our expense $12-15k.

It looks easy to start with but there is quicksand out there when you really don't know what you don't know.Find a real estate attorney in your state who specializes in private lending, not just a regular real estate attorney.

Do you have a regular job or do you want to do real estate full time??

Hi Natasha,I found the best way to become comfortable talking with homeowners.sellers is to talk to a LOT of them in a short period of time.The very best way---no kidding---is to do direct mailings to them regularly and you will get calls.

(I modified it some…) I took the Guru references out of it…- Join your local REIA, attend regularly and talk to the people there (~$150 - $200/year) - Take some friendly local buyers, attorneys, realtors, wholesalers out to lunch/dinner/drinks ($50 per "date") - Buy some good RE investing books (can find references on this site) ($5 - $20 each, used or new on Amazon)"Seek and

The losses do not enter into the passive activity computation and should not be entered on Form 8582.[14]"if you have a paid-for regular rental property that is now making you pay income taxes on the rental profit, you can purchase a tax-shelter - (vacation rental) which will allow you to offset rental profit from another property with rental loss on the vacation property. that 'll do you a tremendous tax favorable treatment if your vacation property is not cash-flow positive. just thinking....

From what I've read about his out of state buying, he regularly meets/exceeds the 2% rule in his purchasing so I'm guessing he'll absorb these cuts and be fine.