It definitely aligns with the notion of going after a difficult market.

I am attempting to lay out my financial path to semi-retirement (i.e. leaving my current w2 for something less time consuming/more enjoyable) within 10 years or less.I can identify my family's spending now and what I project after semi-retirement, which I have done for the most part BUT that part of working backward and laying out milestones to achieve x number of properties or cash flow or equity, all the while maintaining a proper amount of contribution in my workplace retirement plan and other tax adv/def approaches.I imagine i'd need a tax resource and a financial advisory resource, both of whom are knowledgeable on the notion of 1) real estate and 2) retirement planning before traditional age.

i think we have moved beyond the notion of wealth equal happiness, and studies show that to be true.

People getting into real estate often have a preconceived notion of RE based on something they heard, saw, read etc.

A demand letter to the department's legal office might dislodge some person's of this notion, but you might want to have a lawyer check over your situation. 

In some cases, I've been able to use leverage to give myself a stronger equity position which directly rebukes the notion that leverage is too risky. 

As a VT native and investor in both VT and NC, I have to disagree with the general notion that VT is more complex than other states.

I think instances like this is exactly what @Jim K. and other's keep calling out, the false notion of iron clad security from such entities.

It's a ridiculous notion. 

The greatest delusion ever pulled off in human history thus far is the notion that $ goes to Wall Street to INVEST, to GROW, to RETURN, to PROFIT......