Existing cities began annexing territory in every direction, and new cities incorporated almost every year.

Whether it is for vandalism, construction site theft, leaks, termites , bees and other issues that you couldn't know at the begining at the start of the project.A good recommendation I hear is to incorporate a 5% contingency.

I'll have to see if there are Illinois specific forms since my property is not actually incorporated into Chicago, even though it has a Chicago mailing address.

It is interesting to see how people incorporate the chicken coop into their garden, and usually people who have chicken coops have fantastic gardens otherwise as well.

I also hold a full time job in Corporate America for the past 12 years, which consumes most of my time, although I do have an exit strategy in place...hopefully very soon.My goal essentially is to network and absorb some of the tremendous knowledge that is shared within this blog.

However, my full-time job in corporate strategy provides me three fundamental skills I believe will translate incredibly well to real estate:Quantitative analysis and model-building are core skills to being able to judge the value of a potential market / acquisition in my daily workMy daily success hinges on instilling efficient, scalable business processes and getting creative with incentive alignment to ensure everyone is working toward the same goalAs a strategist, my work on the above has zero bearing if I haven't earned the trust of those who must execute against them.

I read previously that price to rent ratios above 16% were considered favorable for buy and hold investors, but wanted to get the community's thoughts on how you incorporate these ratios into your analysis on the macro (different markets) and micro (inside a specific market) level.Do you shoot for a specific number when looking at markets from a macro level?

As far as liability protection, the LLC affords you the same protection as other incorporated entities including asset protection of personal assets and charging orders on the assets of the company.

So, any LLC income will end up on your (and any partner's) personal tax returns, and will impact your personal income.If your business is incorporated as a c-corporation, then you don't necessary have to take the income as salary, but don't get to claim it on your personal return.

Most areas west of el casino are incorporated.