On the other hand if they are a sponsor that is experienced in stopping a skin in the game, that's a huge red flag for me.c) how open to scrutiny are they?

Nonpassive income: Real Estate Professionals, STRs and K1s from businesses where you have hands-on involvement aka material participation.Each group has its own rules, and generally they cannot offset one another.

@Ashish Acharya, @Nicholas Aiola, @Dave Foster, @David Orr, @Jason Watson, @Natalie Kolodij, @Bernard ReiszFriends, based on my prior failed attempts to address this issue offline, nobody really wanted to hold this hot potato in their hands.

I'm not saying you weren't, but I know architects and engineers, if they get a feeling that a client doesn't really know what they want and will need an excessive amount of hand holding and doing several redesigns through the process, they will pad their numbers.

Even though I have done my own research, I still came up empty handed.  

@Jimmy SontWell if you signed your name vs your business now you may have easily pierced the LLC if it’s deed as one and loaned as anotherIf the intention was to do this then why not sign itI would not ask for anything as why have your hand out - someone made an error and it does not cost you anything to fix it so fix it.

Having a full year’s rent in our hands seems to be ideal.

We used to do a ton of wholesale deals, but the spreads are getting out of hand.  

If the tenants know there is an absentee owner repairs can get out of hand.

Buyers now have more choices, and that means power is in their hands!