All that said,  SP also has a great, active, engaged community,  several festivals over the course of the year  (its the only neighborhood I've seen people in full tradiitional dress riding horses down side streets for fiestas patrias for example) and neighbors put on an all-out august night out against crime every year.   

Also like you, I live in a huge horse area (Ocala, FLorida).

Get food-grade DE, (DIATOMACEOUS EARTH) from your local horse food store.

But I am lucky to qualify for a conventional loan, which seems to complicate things with the LLC.Absolutely plan to get all possible insurance.Hey DanWe may be beating a dead horse here, but there are a couple of things you may need clarified.Transferring to an LLC that you're a sole member is an exempt transfer, so allowable, and shouldn't trigger the due on sale clause. 

They are more concerned with the return of their money than on their money.You can also get into some deep legal issues soliciting private money, as investors or lenders, your pitch can violate security laws, which is pretty much why you need to be acquainted with people and approach them carefully, one on one.Your HUD property isn't one you can take down as a deal without financing lined up, you have the cart before horse.

Everyone reading,"Slow your horses kid."

And the fact that their webinars paint a picture of their apps to be a state of the arts diesel engine train, but turns out to be a one horse stage coach - unfortunately those Government agencies who regulate business practices will allow a modicum of deception in advertisements.

A little gun shy now, but working the numbers on a nearby four plex to get back on that horse!

And of you succeed - you'll have to get right back on the horse and do it again.

Our firm's specialty is with alternative investments, such as real estate, tax liens, private mortgages, or private lending, franchises, horses, etc, inside retirement accounts.