Politics definitely effects taxes and the economy.I'm sure relevance will vary by location, individual, type of investing activity and other factors.

.- Being made fun of by some forum power users- making other forum users actively angryI think that the remedy here might be less about how to determine whether there is a right or wrong side of the letter of the law with our forum rules, and to think instead about how team members can be trained to add genuine value to forum discussions and position themselves and your firm as the kinds of folks who really add value to forum posts.

Go to meet ups in the area, find out all active investors in that market, talk to brokers in the market who have clients looking for capital, attend events that you can network, and look into joining the various communities in real estateGino

Until I became active in the forums about a year ago, I had no idea this fear and obsession existed. 

You might still have to file a final Form 1065 for the multimember LLC if it was active earlier in the year.

To clarify I will not participate in negotiations or other activities needing a license. 

I fund a few folks that buy them though ( I am the Money) and a few states activity is back up.   

Anyone who has actually been active in this space will know that borrower behavior can be predictable and irrational, and they might have a fundamentally different mode of operating their life than you do.

All I need is a handful of solid active borrowers to keep my money active. 

Or in one case, we purchased a commercial property with an active chop shop situation.