The protection derived from the LLC statutes of Texas make Texas one of the better states to invest in.3.

Once the trustee's deed is recorded, you'll need to follow the eviction process per state statute.

Nothing gray in this statute.

From what I’ve read of the laws in NYC, there are no statutes dictating a limit for time frame or amount for rent increases on rent unregulated apartments like mine (only rent controlled & rent regulated). 

Each state has different laws covering this area so you need to review the specific statutes.  

Again, I see NO language in 20(a)(6) [the statute] that expressly EXCLUDES homesteaded multi-family properties homestead/occupied by the owner.

Few will go to the trouble of indendently researching the process nor the statutes, so this will be their only reference, for Alabama. 

[of the] PennsylvaniaConsolidated Statutes.] 69 P.S.

(d) Pursuing a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or making false promises through agents or advertising or otherwise:Any licensee who continually violates the previous sections of this statute may be cited with a violation of this provision.

OTH, if you are the Mars Chocolate Corporation and you buy sugar futures to control costs in the future, that's investing.Investors who leverage deals, flip contracts, take options and other endevors are really "operators", they facilitate functions that produce an income.There are statutes that describe "operators" as those who take title to RE and produce an income.