They are already loosing the home so the chances are that you will recover any cost is pretty slim.

But I personally run my business where the potential of that happening are slim.

Aside from that, the chances of you and the homeowner, both of whom have never done a short sale, getting one done by yourself, are slim at best.

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Leave that up to your lawyer.If I could avoid giving my last name or address to my tenants and act "only" as property manager, I would do it.The odds of your tenants attacking you is slim.

I'd say slim and none, as a DIY arrangement, this is due to mortgage brokerage laws.Notes are not real estate, they are in the finance arena, the types of structures available for real estate deals don't work in finance as an investor, you'd need to be in the business as a broker or registered lender.

A big "Red Pill Investor Podcast Thank You!!!"

Contribution is the ultimate happiness pill: 1) Charity- there are so many well intentioned but underfunded charitable organizations out there, and your portfolio would benefit from the tax write off 2) helping other investors by lending is a great way to diversify, because you already know what these investors need.

The chances of you or anyone on this site (excepting maybe a dozen members) is slim and none, closer to impossible.

As far as I know the Chance of one exploding is slim,I have never seen it happen.