I could see that for a contractor but a good employee in the medical field would never be out of work for an extended period of time.

W2 employees spend their whole checks every week.

not surprised. the govt can't live high off the hog forever. programs (& employees) are being axed left & right due to their fiscal irresponsibility. you're in detroit area which has gotten hammered even more so the less in housing values, the less in property taxes to fund these things.if the govt was in the private sector, they'd be bankrupt in days.

I feel like with my business background and education, along with high goals for my future, that this can be obtainable, possibly with some much needed assistance here and from other local investors in my area.Looking forward to future discussions and networking!

I have been a long time lurker on BP but never really decided to join the discussion until now.

feel free to connect with me if you want to discuss real estate in nc :)

., help him be a hard money lender using the money)...though you wouldn't be allowed to get paid for that, for the same reasons as have been discussed.

There also a discussion on this thread regarding arvwww.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/77374-finding-arv

My attorney pointed me to some relevant New York case law...Feel free to take a look at "Duncan & Hill, supra, 62 AD2d at 701, 405 N.Y.S.2d at 345," which is pretty well summarized here (there are lots of discussions of this on the Internet, but this is the most simple I was able to find):http://www.dos.ny.gov/cnsl/practice.htmlEssentially, it says that a broker creating anything other than "simple" contracts is violating "can't practice law without a license" laws, but that writing of simple contracts is okay.

Look up discussions on the probate process.