Also, my brother has a 4 year old kid who he has split custody with, so he has his child about 50% of the time.

Combining the physical attributes of a site with the market demographics can be a black art and can very much make or break the future of a business.       

You get the physical property, the tax write offs, the appreciation, the depreciation, the asset protection and the generational wealth that goes to the next generation tax free.Joining a "well run" syndication for apartments would be a good choice.

The rest of the time they can read "Gone With the Wind" or "Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics by Max Planck" whatever floats their boat, while they wait to unload the dishes.I'm not sure why that's so complicated.Or maybe you need a faster dishwasher. 

My understanding is that the attorney can only practice in the state where they are licensed, and my understanding is that an attorney wouldn't have a license in New York and California due to physical constraints. 

People have already enumerated the many benefits vs. 401k (leverage, taxes, appreciation, depreciation, cash flow, full access/control, backed by physical asset, etc). 

Theannual return will report gross inflows and outflows with a breakdown for physical cash,transactions with a foreign account, and transfers to and from another account with the sameowner.

Your maintenance needs and capital expenditure needs depend solely on the physical condition of the property, not your ability to collect rent.

If we or Europe get Physically pulled into the War, we will stop all investments on these projects immediately. 

But that last time -- anything could happen.You need to carry around pepper spray and a gun if you're worried about any sort of physical confrontation with this kind of trash.