While i'm here I plan on being really engaged with the forums and networking with all the great people on this website. fyi, I didn't go through with the 2nd investment property that I started to discussion on but plan on finding the right one by now and the time I return home. ttyl

@Dominika M I'll preface all of this response with the acknowledgement that I am neither an accountant nor solicitor and with the encouragement that you seek your own council with such individuals before engaging in international business.

Stay engaged, active and looking forward to hearing your successes.

Welcome to BP Nation Brian, stay active on the site and engage the community.

Continue being active and stay engaged.

Great thoughts and I really appreciate your time and engagement.

That's how you build long-term wealth.3) Soak up all the knowledge on BP, identify your desired path/strategy, then engage people who are successfully doing that stuff by offering to add value in their life for the opportunity to ask specific questions about what you want to learn.- Joe

If we assume it is AR, then here is what you finance department says about private party exemptions:A person who engages in seller-financed transactions or who as a seller of real property receives mortgages, deeds of trust, or other security instruments on real estate as security for a purchase money obligation if: (a) The person does not receive from or hold on behalf of the borrower any funds for the payment of insurance or taxes on the real property; and (b) The seller does not sell the liens or mortgages in the secondary market other than to affiliated or subsidiary persons; (xi) An individual or husband and wife who provide funds for investment in loans secured by a lien on real property on his or her or their own account and who do not:(a) Charge a fee or cause a fee to be paid for any service other than the normal and scheduled rates for escrow, title insurance, and recording services; and (b) Collect funds to be used for the payment of any taxes or insurance premiums on the property securing the loans; The issue with the rule interpretation is that in some states an MLO must be employed by a company licensed to conduct the activity of brokering or lending.

And I like to think I'm semi-engaged in the world.

I personally think it's a good idea to set up a business entity if you are engaged in any business type activities.