Quote from @Mike Dawson: An LLC is useful for two things: anonymity and legal protection.

If your startup costs are over $55,000, you lose the immediate deduction, and the entire amount would have to be amortized over 180 months (15 years).Here’s an example to clarify:•If you spend $7,000 on startup costs (such as attending BPCon, legal fees, and market research), you can deduct $5,000 in the first year and amortize the remaining $2,000 over 15 years, starting when your business is officially active.

Buy-Sale Contracts? 

I am under contract for a 5-plex which is technically a commercial property.

However (I'm an insurance agent not an attorney) the legal wrangling of the PM not taking a necessary action could set up a situation where the insurance carrier pays then subrogates back against the PM company for their inaction so the property manager should also have appropriate general liability coverage for their business.This next part can change by state and insurance carrier...Being named as lienholder or mortgagee can set up the lender being involved on the payout of any damages - say there is a fire the checks cut for damage could name the insured and lender so both parties have to agree how those funds will be used.Some carriers have a rule that if the loss amount is under a certain dollar amount the check is only cut in the owners name / if the loss exceeds a threshold (say $25k) the check is cut in both the owner and mortgagee names.Being named as loss payee is literally that - the check is cut in your name or both the insured and your name. 

The currently the spot market for silver is oversold by a ratio of 400 contracts for every one physical oz.

I used to use Lease Runner for LTR leases and I know they have by room contracts.

However, their business model seems to have changed as they now send out emails listing homes they have under contract in attempt to assign them to other investors.

Hi @Kevin Duong,I have not used demountable walls before, but I would say to be very careful to make sure that the units are still meeting the legal standards to be considered a bedroom.

Tags: Kenosha Wisconsin fsbo agent realtor  Legally you were never expected or bound to offering the commission.Now you can simply only pay the selling agent, and the buyers agent has to inform the buyer that they might have to pay - in an ideal world....The risk of not offering to pay the buyer side is the buyer can tell their buyers agent to skip houses where they would have to put out for the commission, it may result in less offers on your home.It is now ultimately up to the seller, but in a for sale by owner.... you are not signing any listing agreement with a listing agent so, again the buyer's agent would need to pay the agent.If you are an agent selling your own home off-market FSBO, check your state laws on disclosure etc.