I won't be able to invest for another 5-7 years since my wife and I are working on paying off debt and saving up for a down payment on our own home here in Florida, but real estate really interests me so I am trying to learn as much as I can so that when we do decide to dive into it, hopefully there will be several things that I have a decent base in.

I need to learn more about this but I think the depreciation would only offset rental income (passive income) right?

Lessons learned?

I am looking to learn and network. 

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And right nearby you see a vacant lot at $85k with others sold around that price the last 1-2 years,  and learn the price to rebuild is $175-185 sq/ft plus 6-12 month timeline what does that tell you? 

I want to get into real estate and have been trying to learn as much as I can.

Lessons learned?

Congratulations on finding an investor who's supportive and has been helping you learn to run numbers and evaluate deals.