There is no way to distinguish an honest syndication offer by someone with tons of experience and a great track record from a straight up Ponzi scheme. 

The application says the Series name must contain the entire LLC name and be distinguishable from the other names in the series.

I've read a bit about how the FHA distinguishes between "excess land" and "surplus land"...I think this would fall into the "surplus" category since the land with carriage plans cannot be sold separately but I am unsure of the 203K portion and the fact the carriage house is not built yet.

Well, you need to be able to distinguish between hot markets, and hot markets where the numbers shake out.

Not to mention that having *actual cash to close* can distinguish you from wholesalers who are just looking to try and sell a contract, double-close, etc.Consequently, in my opinion, while there might not be actual money in play there are a lot of concerns that "showing a bank account with a balance of $200K+" can alleviate.Your biggest issue is that you floated $180K cash and now you would prospectively need a loan. 

They will use the term off-market to distinguish the deal from an MLS listing.

Weds to distinguish himself from all the others, distinct guise himself to those who only make money when a deal is done.

Even a single-member LLC with no special election ("look through for tax purposes") will still remain - from a legal point of view - an legal entity in the form of an LLC.I don't know if this is confusing or not, but in a nutshell: one should always distinguish between the legal aspects and tax related aspects, especially when it comes to (legal) entities.Edit: ups, just realized that this thread is over a year old... oh well.

Thanks for the link @Brandon Williams.It is hard to distinguish because it seems like they are reffering to primarily licensed agents and brokers which I am not.

That way, you only have to distinguish ten different sounds, rather than 36.