CA also in the last 30 years really beefed up the protection for fractional TD investors.

You'll also need to avoid environmentally restricted spots, including wetlands, protected habitats, and prime farmland.

Federal Laws Prohibit Discrimination of 7 Protected Classes, Massachusetts has added 8 more:-02.Always know more of the Rules/Laws/Regulations than ANY Tenant.

Most importantly, to protect you, the investor.

But any improvements are at your risk.. the redeeming party just owes you your cash plus in our state 9% and any VERIFIABLE expenses you paid to protect the asset.

- Say you decided not to go all in on real estate, do you have confidence that your current nest egg would be enough to protect your retirement spend?

As Jay mentioned they must be NMLS licensed if owner occupant of in several states even commercial needs licensing.The NMLS is like the database, each state has a division of banking that oversees lending requirements then you also on the federal level have CFPB as well as consumer protection laws.I want to add that I believe yesterday the CFPB is undergoing changes, but if it goes away that does not mean that many of the laws in place especially consumer protection laws would go away. 

We have a 14-page management contract that we've added our real experiences to over the years, with the intent of protecting both us AND the landlord.

They help you grow your investment portfolio, by maintaining the asset, protecting the downside by placing good tenants, and help you analyze new properties. 

We discussed this in an earlier post.Obviously, if loans are being made without any provision in the Operating Agreement, it’s time to get in touch with your State Securities Protection Division - usually a part of the State Attorney General Consumer Protection Agency.