What safe-guards are in place to prevent someone from using student loans to invest in real-estate?

Rent to own has few if any safeguards for the renter....because he does not have title.

You might begin the FC process after they walk, they can be gone for 30 days before you can even begin the process and while that clock is ticking, you can't do much with the place except to safeguard it until you obtain title.

You'r paying pretty much the same thing and getting less representation and you're losing some safeguards as to an agent's duty and their liability.

Putting safeguards in place to protect your investments is crucial to your success.

Not to be confused with the foreclosure remedy scam, equity or collateralization stripping is conducted to safeguard the ownership of real estate assets by making the equity in those assets valueless in the eyes of creditors Read more: Equity Stripping Leaves Creditors Empty-Handed http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mortgages-real-estate/09/equity-stripping-assets.asp#ixzz4gPtJC9yn

In that book we talk about the ins and outs of lending, ways to safeguard your capital, how you can mitigate risks, who else to involve in the process of doing the loan.

It might be best if you roll over to a BDRA or SDRA which allows you to transact directly through the account without any personal risk, this will safeguard your investment and you as well...

A multi is a safeguard in many ways and the only type of property I would buy in the lower income areas

PM is not really that hard, but you need to have a system and a good eye for details.Mike Wood Indeed, we just developed it for RE investors, there are a lot of safeguard that surrounds the price but they are pretty basic, licensed, insured, and bonded contractors only with ACORD printout and all that.