There is a difference between your acting as a HML and a partner, if you and he join together in an LLC you can act as the money partner making the loan internally in the company without being subject to lending regulations as an outside lender.

. * Property taxes and other fees and regulations placed on rental property owners are already very high, and are rising faster than rent increases in many cases.

Call the County Assessor and ask about the procedures.

Accounting firms typically have nothing to do with this process unless somehow the title company subcontracted the preparation of the 8288 to them (which really isn’t necessary as it doesn’t require tax expertise, only familiarity with the FIRPTA procedures in general, which any title co who’s worked with a sale by a foreign person would likely know).This is indeed a weird situation and it definitely is unsupported by any authority in the code and regulations to send the withholding tax amount to an accounting firm acting as a middle man for the IRS unless they somehow expressly made an agreement to do so.Good luck with that

I’ve been listening to the podcast for about four years now .I just decided to step it up and be active on the forms as well as upgraded to pro and I’ve been using the calculators on daily basis and it’s been amazing .I live in North Hollywood, California and I have four rental properties in Kansas City, Missouri.I am to grow my portfolio with cash, flowing assets and open for partnerships.I am a General contractor here in California, having a lot of experience with the building  procedures as well as good couple hundred thousand in cash ready to invest, looking for good opportunities, and tired of standing on the sidelines.Thank you for this awesome community!

Over the years, I've gained extensive experience with STRs, navigating regulations, building teams remotely in various markets and countries, and testing nearly every piece of relevant software.

Who know what regulations will come down the pipe as other local towns have implemented.Just looked up Airdna and they have the lions share(289 rentals) in the area although they aren’t listed in the Top Properties category.

We were so naive.The regulations are very clear about how brokers can/cannot pay unlicensed finders, but what about tenants?

Paul or Minneapolis proper so I don't think this city has specific regulations for that but I will confirm. 

They also had a professional license taken back by regulators.