Hi, I wonder how holding an airbnb/short-term corporate housing property will impact my ability to secure conventional loans for future investment properties.I am about to list my apartment on airbnb, which basically provides short-term housing similar to a hotel.

Any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, or other entity which sells, exchanges, or leases its own real property;What I don't see in the FL real estate brokerage code as an exemption is if a layperson can buy their own real property.

If you were to be sued and were not able to produce these documents, the S-Corp magically disappears taking its corporate veil with it.Also, if you were to be sued personally, since shares in an S-Corp are assets, your S-Corp shares could be awarded to a successful litigant.

Also below are links about some Detroit's current funding and investment and where its going.Detroit to get $300 million in federal help - Sep. 27, 2013 - CNN Moneyhttp://money.cnn.com/2013/09/27/news/economy/detroit-federal-help/Ford Foundation donates money to help Detroit manage its federal grantshttp://michiganradio.org/post/ford-foundation-donates-money-help-detroit-manage-its-federal-grantsBill Pulte: From Home Builder to Detroit's Unlikely Blight Busterhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2013/10/09/bill-pulte-detroits-unlikely-blight-buster/Gilbert: Tear Down All Of Detroit’s Abandoned Homes At Oncehttp://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/01/gilbert-tear-down-all-of-detroits-abandoned-homes-at-once/Plan to eliminate blight in Detroit may top $1 billion, task force sayshttp://www.freep.com/article/20131212/BUSINESS06/312120137/Detroit-blight-Quicken-GilbertDetroit bankruptcy judge orders company to stop collecting casino revenue (Access to about $180 million a year that was flowing to creditors from its casinos)http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/aug/29/detroit-bankruptcy-judge-orders-company-to-stop-collecting-casino-revenue/http://www.freep.com/article/20130903/NEWS01/309030148/Kevyn-Orr-William-Buckfire-depositions-Detroit-bankruptcyFederal, Foundation, City and Corporate Investment Areas in Detroithttp://datadrivendetroit.org/web_ftp/Data_Mapping/InvestmentAreas.pdfThe Auto Industry Bailouthttp://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/auto_bailout.htm

Consider utilizing a corporation and a 401k for matching contributions to decrease some of that taxable income.

Has anyone done a conventional (Fannie/Freddie) loan on any of your investment properties, then transferred the deed into your Corporation or LLC to achieve asset protection?

I had left the corporate world with enough in savings to get us started with buy and hold rentals.

I had a bank place a 2nd mortgage on a nearly paid off property to cover the 20% down needed on another in my corporation.

HOA's usually set up a separate corporation, and accounts for collecting fees.

Ultimately, I'd like to start my own business, I'm investing in both stock and real estate to create a base that can help support me when the time is right to move away from the corporate world and become an entrepreneur.