Going forward" this is getting harder and harder unless you have a demonstrable record in the business.

We were considering a lake house last year and some of the points you mentioned played into our decision not to buy one.Your experience has demonstrated that we made the right decision.Excellent post!

I suspect you would have made an AMAZING politician based on the way you react to adversity.I won't stoop to your childish level, but I will say that you have demonstrated EXACTLY what I was trying to warn others about.  

If you need help with some aspects of your rehab in Big Bear, this FB group has a lot of willing folks and is more focused than the buy/sell groups:Big Bear Side Jobs | Find handyman, cleaning, hauling, moving help & more.Also, if you are interested in feedback on local management companies, I'm happy to discuss.A quick searches on FB groups for Big Bear demonstrates significant amounts of dissatisfied customers it seems.One caveat, I learned that dissatisfaction with management is fairly common among tenants and owners.

Leary wrote, “I continue to see no demonstrable evidence that manager co-investment makes a manager a better investor.

You must have a track record, proven results to demonstrate to potential clients / investor / partners.Moreover, keeping up the the latest real estate trends and market conditions is key.

I have already explained my figures to my agent when he writes the offer, and at that point it is his job to work with the seller's agent to demonstrate to them why their list price is unreasonable and why my offer is reasonable.

The presentation demonstrates your ability to "find deals"; but I really would structure the wholesaling operation as a sole proprietorship (you maintain 100% control) and just work on a contingency basis (take a reasonable percentage of each deal as your commission).  

In reconciling competing views from the Ohio Appellate Courts, the Dombroski Court found it “necessary to modify the second prong of the Belvedere test to allow for piercing in the event that egregious wrongs are committed by shareholders” and held that in order to “fulfill the second prong of the Belvedere test for piercing the corporate veil a plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant shareholder exercised control over the corporation in such a manner as to commit fraud, an illegal act, or a similarly unlawful act.”Whether an Ohio court will pierce an LLCs corporate veil is a fact specific inquiry that will vary from case to case.

In addition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), other federal agencies and the states may sue landlords for non-compliance and get civil penalties.However, a landlord who inadvertently fails to provide a required notice in an isolated case has legal protections, so long as he or she can demonstrate "that at the time of the . . . violation he maintained reasonable procedures to assure compliance" with the FCRA.