ROBS stands for rollover as business startup.Over 20,000 ROBS have been funded to date and fortunately the IRS has published guidelines on ROBS.October 2008 Memorandum:First official publication where the IRS formally addressed the ROBS arrangement;IRS confirmed that these transactions may be not challenged as “non-compliant per se”;IRS summarized the steps involved in the ROBS transaction; andIRS identified compliance pitfalls including the failure to file the annual retirement plan form 5500 tax return, the failure to file the corporation’s tax return, & the failure to obtain an annual valuation of the plan’s assets including the investment in the corporation stock2009 - ROBS ProjectIn 2009, the IRS initiated a “ROBS project” to define traits of compliant ROBS plans and in doing so acknowledged that a ROBS transaction can be conducted in a compliant manner. 2010 – IRS Telephone Forum In a 2010 telephone forum conducted by the IRS, the IRS’s Director of Employee Plans Examinations Office and the Area Plan Manager stated that ROBS transactions are not “abusive per se” and that “you can have a textbook ROBS that is pretty much problem-free.”Fall of 2010 Retirement News for Employers: Brief SummaryThe IRS confirmed that the ROBS transaction is not considered an abusive tax avoidance transaction;The IRS confirmed that it does not protect business owners (also known as the plan sponsor) from incorrectly administering the retirement plan;The IRS confirmed that if the rules are not followed the retirement plan will be subjected to adverse tax consequencesFebruary 2013 Employee Plans Compliance Unit ROBS Project: Brief SummaryMuch of the same information contained in the October 2088 Memorandum was published in this summary; andThe IRS again confirmed that ROBS is not considered abusive transaction.

Define net cash flow - does that include taking out reserves for capital investments and repairs, vacancies, etc.?

Define your end goal and the play around with the rule of 72 to figure out a more moderate annual return that will get you to where you want to be.

Mikel... you expected a $2M comp on a house listed for $1.1M?

After the purpose is defined you must have a board of directors, unrelated parties but they could have had and occassionally have other business dealings between them.

It can definately give you an inside track on getting the first chance on some decent properties.

Your gross rent would be upwards of $2000 per month and your net income would be in excess of $1000 per month, perhaps somewhat more early on before maintenance catches up (initial investment assumes a good rehab.).You would have the cash to pay back the loan if you wanted to rather quickly or you could re invest in similar properties as you accumulated more capital.I am basing my expectations on the 2% 50% guide found on BP and have been exceeding these numbers at least in the short run.these properties are in C areas which I define as lower income working class areas.

If you define a A class neighborhood as top school districts, this will be very hard to find in Atlanta.

It's incredible and is really just basic networking and electrical components with WiFi connectivity.

One way to increase the cap is to improve the property, including the image of the property, in a stagnet market, that's usually the only alternative, change the use, the market, population served and better define the area you are in.