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As of the 2010 United States Census, southern California has a population of 22,680,010 Do you think earthquake insurance is even going to be meaningful in CA if the "big one" hits?

In order to extract everything from this book, you need to take notes, there are so many different strategies, and bits of connected information its hard to consume it all at once.

I’d love to hear your experience with the crowd funding route as I’ve heard from others that they’ve had difficulty extracting their gains.Best of luck with all your endeavors!

Mostly I find the refinance LTV combined with the low refinance appraisals prevent me from extracting all of my investment.So if you choose to go OOS here is some advice: Familiarize your self with the 50% rule.

Its tricky to try and time a market but it while take a huge shift in the economy for construction costs to adjust in any meaningful way any time soon in most areas of the country. 

This is true even under the TCJA, with the reduced C Corp tax rate and assuming the business is a "Specified Service Trade or Business" the owner is phased out of the 20% QBID (i.e. the worst case scenario for an S Corp under the TCJA).I find C Corps only make sense in very limited fact and goal patterns (e.g. foreign ownership, when a company is anticipating going public, and/or when owners want heavy fringe benefits).Don't forget you get taxed when you extract capital from a C Corp -- either via salary or dividends. 

Rather than being a solo dealmaker, I want to build upon my meaningful relationships in the area by getting to know motivated wholesalers, investors, community banks, and other professionals who enjoy exchanging ideas and knowledge.Does anyone have any advice on meetups for local investors, good wholesalers, small local banks with less rigid financing, or ways to find other cool people that love what they do?

Even if the company breaks even on a sale, the transaction fees are a meaningful business.""

You wouldn't do it to your own children for that reason, I certainly wouldn't do it to mine if I had kids.For all you know, this eviction may be the most meaningful push to change for your tenants and for their children that you could help bring about.