I want to get over the hump of the first purchase and continue to build out my portfolio as soon as possible with the goal of one day owning hundreds, heck, thousands of units that provide steady cash flow to work towards building generational wealth.

I pay a tax person for his expertise because I know I am not expert enough; it is his job to make sure that our taxes are honest, yet minimized (pay what we legally owe but do not pay more than we legally owe and to avoid us being audited (i.e.

Happy Hump Day!

He suggested since I own a s-corp prior to us being married, deed it to the s-corp, but then I loose my Homestead & my HELOC loan & would have to resort to a hard money loan of 10% instead of 5%.

For tech, more R&D and tech/biology/health center will be created more outside US, be it in India and China, as large talent pool is there and much more affordable, the process will be much more accelerated than today.

@Matt HarrisYes, I keep a copy on my main PC and also periodically back that up to a USB drive.

@Matt Humps It is moot because this thread is NOT about risk nor one's "capability to bear risk"I NOT once claimed I was unable to pay my mortgage.

.  ;-)  But some things like an outlet that also has the USB outlet is nice. 

Once over this hump, we plan to begin investing in buy and hold residential real estate properties but are concerned that Asheville may be a hard place to find cash flowing properties since the market is so hot.

To me that's the real value of investing in RE... that it can continue growing without us being present, or in our case even being in the country.