It takes exactly the same cordless drill and the same $5 cobalt drill bit to defeat a $20 lock as it does a $150 lock.

This would defeat the purpose of my purchase in the first place.  

Yes of course, if you send every single person in the USA a letter, you are bound to get a deal or 2.But then what you should do is plot a graph between your expenses, vs profits, and you will see that the only time, your profits surpass your expenses is when you spend a small fortune on marketing.You can't simulate motivation, because motivation has to do with the mindset of someone.It is uniquely different from person to person.EXAMPLE:Someone that is stubborn never gives up, has an ego, in forclosure... will NEVER sell their house and they rather see the house go, to the bank than admitting defeat and sell at a discount.Someone that is passive doesn't take action, and is unmotivated, in foreclosure... could possibly contact you to sell their house.So what happens?

However I've been part of the fight and have successfully help to defeat measure o which aim to put us all out of business.

Having the property under an LLC would make a commercial loan my only option thus defeating the purpose of the refi.

So how do you defeat that high Madisonville vacancy rate? 

As such, it would not be the kind of earned income that qualifies to sponsor a Solo 401k.While you could potentially structure your lending activities to be a business where you draw some of the income as management fees/salary, that can be self-defeating.  

I guess we could put our names on the AL LLCs as one of the members or managers, but it seems like that might partially defeat the purpose of forming the LLC structure this way (i.e., privacy protection by not having our names on the AL LLC).   

I was thinking of cds at 5.25 which I still have enough time to do, as long as i'm not locking up all of the money and defeating the purpose.

It also seems like it defeats some of the advantages of buying with "cash" since that would involve refinancing into a relatively high interest rate mortgage.I know there's a lot here, so feel free to answer any of the individual questions or provide any response you see fit.