Solo 401(k)s are as easy to start as a normal mutual fund.

A Warranty Deed transfers both legal title and benficial interest.A Deed of Trust (Trust Deed) only transfers beneficial interest.Let's explore the most common usage of the two instruments.

Ours is an entrepreneurial club primarily for networking with a light sprinkling of education and practical, mutual problem-solving thrown in the mix.

donflips -- Thanks for the motivation.Yeah, I found out from public records that this house is owned by Washington Mutual and yesterday their shares took a dive of 17% in addition to the annoucement that NY attorney general may bring charges against them for pressurizing the apprisial companies to inflate home prices.I just keep looking for any reduction in price and sadly the place where I live there ain't that many reo which sit for more than 4-5 months.

My girlfriend however, has been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and her doctor sugested that it would be extremly beneficial if we could get a pet (like a cat or small dog) because of all the benefits it provides to people who suffer from depression and anxiety.

I told him I would do some research and see if it would be beneficial for us to put the $ and time into schooling & licensing.

Also, meeting with an exxperienced and investor friendly realtor later this week to pick his brain and see if there is a way we can work together in a mutually beneficial way.

My concern is that this area could very well go down hill as well, and my building will be worthless, or shall we say impossible to sell to someone else and make a return someday, and I would have just been better off investing in a lost cost Vanguard Mutual fund instead.What I am not interested in doing is putting money out of my pocket every month to run the place.

I have ~$350k tied up in mutual funds, and ~$100k liquid cash in money markets put away for the first flip.

I have been reading through a lot of threads and so far the consensus seems to be go it yourself, but I think he could be extremely beneficial for me for a few reasons.