Faking a foreclosure would require thousands of dollars in fees, months (if not years) of time, an incredible degree of knowledge of state and national foreclosure rules and procedures and balls the size of a house to expose one's self to the prosecution that would more than likely result from the fraudulent action.

:)Having done something similar years ago, would advise you NOT to quit W-2 until you have a crew you can depend on to do at least 80% of the rehab work.You should also be building a network that exposes you to more deals than you can currently handle.Otherwise, you're just trading one job for another and won't be able to scale enough to generate the number of flips you need to replace W-2 job.

And while those things (population growth etc) seem favorable right now, you are exposed to the local and national economy and local market as a whole to be successful.

It is never good idea to mix these incomes in the same entity for two reasons: tax/accounting and liability, you don't want to expose your long term rentals to a liability from flips/wholesaling. 

There are also some podcasts dedicated to midterm rentals which are helpful because they tend to profile people doing all kinds of different things with their MTRs so you get expose to a lot of possibilities.

At the same time, I realize I may have been exposed mostly to its advantages.

Look, sometimes the return is there but why expose yourself. 

Are they doing everything possible to expose properties to the broadest possible market?

I'm looking for a way to make it happen, without exposing myself to undue risk.  

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