i am se michigan.

I assume that you have a general business knowledge, being familiar with partnerships and business entities, going this route, in Texas, you could use a Series LLC and admit members doing projects and do your lending through the Operating Agreement with title to any RE being in the LLC assigned to that member under their "series cell", going this route is not lending per se under banking or lending requirements and your RE attorney can probably accomplish this with fewer complications than getting into the finance arena.

Not my cup of tea per se but to each his own.  

It's not Flipping per se, but market conditions in which it IS applicable vs those where it is not. 

I am in Chandler, so  SE Phoenix area would be preferred. 

I've seen articles on 1 year SE loans but didn't save them so did a quick search on options.

Hello brilliant BP crew.I'm just starting to invest from New Zealand and enjoying the podcasts that brought me here and reading all your informative posts :)I believe from some research before I start sourcing any properties I'll need these:ITIN (https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxp...)LLC (https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...)EIN (https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...)I'm wondering if there is a best practice in which order I should attain them.Are they generic enough that I'm best just to do it myself via the above .gov sites?

I was just over the levy from 400 floating homes.. so 95% of my tenants owned floating homes and had no storage per se'...  

Unless you have some great technical skills, it's very unlikely you'll see that kind of return from stocks or other passive investments.So, the issue with the relatively small return has nothing to do with real estate per se, but instead has to do with your small overall investment.Just trying to put things into perspective...

I've seen some posts claiming taxes as high as 50% if SE and state tax is included.