I'm hoping to make some connections as I progress in my rental adventures.

Quote from @Zach Logan: Hi everyone, I am posting in here to hopefully find someone knowledgeable and respected in the tax business for real estate professionals.

You don't want to be in a position where you take a huge 401K withdrawal that it puts you in a much higher tax bracket where the added tax you would pay would be more than the added return you would get with real estate than whatever your 401K is invested in.Your net worth is about $1,500,000.What are your annual living expenses?

It’s just not how the tax world works.

But my kids are really into Tax Sales ~ but the best deals they get are using the tax sale list to contact owners . . . offering to clear / pay tax debt and give owner some $ for house ( so they can afford to move out. )This must all be done BEFORE the auction  If owner does nothing, and house sells at tax auction, then they get nothing ~ loose the house and the sheriff evicts them  This is all not easy ~ and the success rate is probably less than 1% . . . but they've got some amazing deals. 

I try to meet with all my clients at least once before tax time.

I don't want to pay federal income taxes on the earnings I give them, the "interest" payout.

Quote from @Briley Roe: My cpa explained that I should only be getting taxed a capital gains, not ordinary income tax.

I don't want to pay federal income taxes on the earnings I give them, the "interest" payout.

That’s insane.Protest your taxes people.