However, as curiosity prodded, I looked into the degree that it is prohibitively expensive to consider just filing as a security anyway, irrespective of the pros and cons.Basically, I searched for "what are the costs for registering a security with the SEC" as well as "what are the costs for registering a syndication as a security with the SEC"Most the results produced explained something to the extent that the fee was about 150 bucks per million offered, without any other information on what would validate the explanation that filing a syndication as a security is prohibitively expensive.

I've done this with my properties because I'm well known in my small town and don't want people to know what I own.LEGAL PROTECTION: By placing your assets in an LLC, you are legally separating them from your personal assets.

Largely, the appreciation in housing prices is coming from both new migrants and investors coming from the East (GTA) as well as international countries (predominately from the middle east).We are also seeing drastic increases in the rental rates which in turn are pushing investment property prices up as well.

We've utilized the VA loan for our current home, and this strategy has worked well so far.

If you want it to run well, you may be spending a lot of time at the property.

As well as utilizing them to market and sell your properties.

I have run numbers for LTRs on a set of duplexes that seem to cash flow well.

Other:  -Custom closets are always well received.

As for your ques if to wait, well, it depends on the market, in some parts of the country prices are still going up, slower, but still going up, other parts the prices are coming down, you know that area, what is happening there? 

Frankly, no matter how well you do safety, dumb guests will find some way to hurt themselves so insurance is a top priority.