Both were primary homes initially but the first one I rented out after I got married and was cashflow positive about $900/month in addition to the principal appreciation equivalent to a 54% IRR over those 5 years I owned the first property.

Performing energy efficiency retrofits of our properties is core to our operating principals, so we try to utilize these programs when available (even if the program is more show than substance).

When you get a loan servicing company you don't like, your best bet is to make your payments via snail mail check, with any additional payment being a separate check with "principal only" written in the memo line.

This is a strategy a lot of people use as they get older, when rate of return is not quite as important anymore as protection of principal.

2016 there are new asset allocation rules for installment sales and options, the depreciation over the 20 years goes to the new buyer, Greg gets to pay taxes on his installment sale even if he doesn't receive principal, you don't defer taxes for 20 years.

What said agent acting as an agent and a undisclosed principal.. all those types of issue that can get a broker into hot water.So your probably right your broker given your experience  lack of generating revenue for the firm did not like the Risk = reward component of your hanging your license with him.

We further have direct contact with various staff and management of the principal federal regulators and attend private meetings where regulators discuss their goals and strategy, and I am a charter member of a national Dodd-Frank Task Force created by the manufactured housing industry that has held many meetings with the CFPB, and have helped to negotiate solutions like the new appraisal rule.

Enter into agreement with the seller as a principal with your LLC.It’s helpful to be licensed if you do these.You don’t have to act as an agent to enter into an agreement, you act as a principal.You just state to the seller that your licensed and your entering into this agreement as a principal.

If that is what you plan to do, just get licensed.However, If you are in a role as a principal in a contract, and you are signing contracts as a buyer, that doesn't sound like an agent to me.

If I am feeling motivated, I can pay it off faster (additional payments go to principal).