Using an LLC will not mask your identity.

Make sure you ask for the highest person in that office so that the first person you run into doesn't just try to steal you away.

Thats stealing!

All of us in the Bigger Pockets community in real estate are always looking out for fraud, but if you get caught stealing a microfraction of what they stole, you would get twice the prison time.

Another investing n00b here.My question is, if someone like myself has found what we feel to be a reasonable investment property, how long would we have to do all the necessary research before someone more experienced comes in and steals it right from under us?

This transaction is identical to the first one with the exception that it started off as part of a 1031 exchange, and because the property that was converted to his/her primary residence was originally acquired as replacement property in a prior 1031 exchange the investor must own it for at least five (5) years before he/she can sell and take advantage of the 121 exclusion.

If you space them every 4 mo you can keep a close eye to make sure your new credit is being reported and that no one is stealing your idenity.

I guess the report can help verify identity and former addresses.

It needs alot of work to be put on the market, but I feel that I have the potential to get the property for a steal.

On the walk through the builders agent was trying to steal my client and told them that he didn't know how much they would need to bring to close.