I am evaluating land investing current market trends, challenges and outlook to structure an investment strategy.

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In both situations passive losses can offset your active income.If the answer is “no” to both, then even if you could technically do a cost segregation study, you may not see much of a tax benefit from it.

Challenges?

I’ve heard a lot about Brandon Turner’s book but hadn’t come across Real Estate by the Numbers yet — that sounds exactly like what I need right now.I really like the 30-day challenge idea too.

What challenges or questions are you running into?

Would love to hear how others are navigating these financing challenges.

Quote from @James Sloan: What do you all think of this attitude: I would sooner have, hold, pay off, and manage one property well, than many which are average: it is better to do well with one property at a time than to own more than one average properties: you only need one paid-for property to keep personal freedom: when one is not enough, it is time to upscale by trading for another property which sufficiently challenges you.

The "100 hours and more than anyone else" test is tricky for two partners since only one person can technically be "the most".

Yes the market is challenging, but there are opportunities.