Scoping out neighborhoods is a survival tactic for me.Physical signs that I look for -* Dumpsters* Contractors coming and going* Elimination of poverty industry (Check cashing places, title pawns, pawn shops) in favor of more bohemian establishments (Coffee shops, box stores, cafes, etc.)* Clean-up and neighborhoods taking care of themselves.

Why not simply get the home appraised and do an FHA at appraised value, giving the bank 3.5% down and completely eliminate the owner from the equation?

Eliminate all welfare handout programs - get Americans back to work. 2.

The big beneift of an LLC is flow-through taxation, which eliminates being taxes twice on the same income.

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Let me tackle your prostitution elimination goal - there are many best practices you should be able to Google - no secret there.

I guess this is old news, but I just saw that they updated the HARP program (HARP 2.0) to include investor loans and eliminate the 125% LTV requirement.

You could come up with an entity structure that minimizes not eliminated your Self Employment taxes

A legal contract eliminates the gray area and spells out expectations and responsibilities of each partner.

But the question posed was how can we clean it up....I think.Well, follow the lead of the good ones, begin underwriting the deal, asses the real risks involved, employ tatics to reduce or eliminate identified risks, and assess the value truly given and charge fairly for the real risk assumed.