Don’t fault him too hard because by and Large His response is very typical of most people who share his ideology of getting paid as an employee .his thoughts on investing in real estate are solely based in fear because he is not educated on the subject and Fear comes from the unknown .

Love those nuggets of truth and it’s wonderful to see the ideology play out in real life .

From a tax perspective there's no advantage.I'm not an attorney, so I can't speak to the legal side.I think the K.I.S.S. ideology goes a long way with beginner rental property entity structuring.For example: if I was just starting out and buying properties in the Indianapolis metro, I'd form an Indiana LLC to buy up the properties and call it a day. 

Aside from the differences in ideology, I find the discussions stem in part from the underlying premises and the syntax used.Basically if money should return at least 10% on average, the leverage camp [which I'd consider myself] more or less views a return below that baseline as effectively "negative CF". 

Promote yourself, your real estate ideologies and thoughtsFor those members and non-members with "outside" blogs/websites, a BiggerPockets blog can be of a benefit for you as well!

I don't know the ideology of the Gates' or the others mentioned but I do know the ideology and behavior pattern of capital socialists.

And that's not an ideological statement, it's just a fact.Enormous advances in computer understanding and artificial intelligence are raising the specter of job loss that will easily outpace the 8.8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.

For anyone on the fence with their ideologies, come to California and try out the progressive policies.. they don't work!

As for peoples rude comments, in a country where we now clearly have two political ideologies, large government or free enterprise, we can expect the government crowd to always be against the free enterprise side.. hopefully free enterprise will win in November!

I'm not sure the bank would even allow you to charge the seller the difference -- on the HUD, the bank would protest, and POC you'd be breaking the short sale affidavit you signed saying there were no financial agreements other than what was disclosed on the HUD.It's all well and good that you take a hard stance with the bank -- and it's great if they cave and you get your desired commission -- but arguing that you have any legal right to a certain percentage doesn't make sense to me; and implying that you'd forego the transaction or charge your client the difference seems flat out unethical for a short sale.Again, as a licensed agent myself, I'm thrilled if you can get every possible penny from the bank, but your stance seems a bit too ideologic here, as opposed to doing what's best for your client.Just my $.02...