So, it begins.A wholesaler on youtube, states that a close friend of his inadvertently has gotten wrapped up in a very serious investigation. It appears he wholesaled a property that someone had forged ownership on. O...

I would use a service such as vacationrentaldesk.com for this.A direct booking is no more risky than a booking through VRBO or Airbnb; they aren’t verifying identity, either.In fact, my own company has taken thousands of reservations over 19 years, and we don’t verify identity.  

Every extortion attempt I have experienced in Baja has happened North of Ensenada.Beyond Ensenada are cool things like wineries (I do not drink wine), La Bufadora and its blow hole, great little fishing villages, Gurerro Negro and Scammons Lagoon (best whale watching on earth), San Pedro Martir (least visited forest region within a day of San Diego and has the twin Picacho del Diablo peaks and the national observatory), numerous Missions in various degrees of condition, hot springs, party towns (San Felipe), surf towns, snorkel/diving (anywhere in Sea of Cortex in Baja Sur), Sand Dunes (Baja races), etc.My worse theft south of Ensenada has been some bottled water.So the question is why Rosarito? 

Set them up for ASSET PROTECTION, NOT to hide your identity.  

If given a choice between one paid-in-full property and two identical properties with 50% leverage, the latter will always out perform in the long run.  

Less theft vandalism shootings etc . and getting those paid off in 7 years is the way to go.. you get them paid off then you can hire a full time GM to take over your roll of owner enforcer.. 

For business owners, having a separate legal entity, such as a corporation or limited liability company, provides the unique ability to create a credit identity with business credit reporting agencies, also known as a business credit profile.Reality check:  > Funding your business with your home equity or personal savings/guarantee is a HUGE risk  > ~45% of Small Businesses applied for a Business Loan in 2023  > Less than 2% of SBA Loans are actually funded/approved  > 29% of Small Businesses FAIL because thee run out of Capital  > Your company’s name on a credit card is NOT corporate credit (if you used your FICO score to get it)  > Business (EIN) credit will open new ways to finance your growthIf you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you always got!

Also, we have witnessed a lot of tenant applicant fraud related to income verification and employment, in addition to identity theft.

The above varies based on the lender as large investment property lenders decide on their own guidelines that are often similar but not identical. 

I've recently started an eviction on a S8 tenant of mine in Detroit.The process will be identical to a normal, cash paying tenant with one big exception.The housing authority will continue to pay the voucher amount during the eviction process.