Finally he offered to loan me 200,000 in order to help me grow and make money at the same time.

At this point you can't offset passive real estate losses with other types of income(ordinary / portfolio).However, she likely is not paying tax on her real estate cash-flow which makes real estate a better alternative to stocks / bonds from an after-tax perspective.

You get to come in to a business that's running and already profitable and concentrate on growing it.Buying opportunities are everywhere right now as business-owning baby boomers are hitting retirement age in droves. 

I look forward to learning and growing. 

As I'm sure you're aware, San Antonio is a big city and growing very fast.

You're in the right spot to learn and grow. 

I have found Buildium to be well worth the costs-- we started with 8 units-- especially if you plan to continue to grow your business.

Depending on how quickly you are trying to grow they may not consider any future income for your first few years until it appears on your tax returns either.

Investment properties took an average 1.65 points price hit.”And, “you can be sure that even the behemoth lenders will eventually charge more for these so-called riskier loans.”Couple these growing loan costs with rising interest rates, and we will likely see downward pressure on housing demand.

I'm a growing investor here in the area with several multi-family and a few single family.