He wants to know how to obtain a list of Code Violators in the Memphis area.Here's where is gets tricky:There are about (21) different organizational models of code enforcement departure nets that I've counted, so far.

Your organizational skills also need to be well established.

I consider myself to have great organizational skills -- a place for everything and everything in its place -- and I'm dogged about adhering to rules and regulations.

Dell Schlabach l am primarily a buy-and-hold investor on owner financed properties, but have completed a few rehabs and have done several wholesale deals as well.That might be surprising that I'm advocating so strongly for Robyn's courses when she is the "Queen of Rehab" and her class is primarily geared towards that side of the business and I am primarily buy-and-hold investor, but I'll explain that below...When she teaches, she often has Larry Harbolt with her (If you haven't seen Larry's owner finance stuff, it is a first class course as well) and his techniques are more applicable to the nuts and bolts of owner financed deals, but the value that I took from Robyn in my business was from the organizational side of the RE investing business, specifically the accounting side as she has an accounting background having worked for IBM for 10+ years and the point of automating, outsourcing, and hiring folks to do that parts of the business that are not directly income-generating such as property management, filing, some lead generation, etc.

And in my area, they tend to be cheaper than sf, easy to rent, and have appreciated nicely (few blogs about them as appreciation plays)..The key is also finding an association where you even can rent them  (allowed by condo declarations/by laws etc), and even the organizational culture needs to be open to renters (many forums on restrictions).

My current situation:  I have an LLC formed, a custodial account with the IRA provider, no bank account to place the funds in yet, and the lawyer is wanting to know how to write the organizational documents for the LLC.  

Kids these days, even adults who have left college don't know how to do basic stuff like, doing laundry, basic social skills, organizational skills, etc.

I'm surprised that as a MI client, you don't understand their organizational structure and are not aware that they were intertwined with Ocean Pointe.

My question was not meant to be "is an LLC right for me", but rather, "if you set up an LLC for properties you already own, when is the best time to contribute the properties into the LLC -- is there an organizational better time?

.)- work on your people and organizational skills- get your personal finances in shape- set a realistic time frame for investing (it might take several years to be ready)- work on getting your SO on board- build a network of colleagues that you can call on later- don't buy stupid motivational business books to learn, buy books that focus on specific skills and that have case studiesOR- have access to specialized knowledge. a large amount of capital, and a professional network, already- have access to people with those things Many people go through seismic changes in their lives during their twenties that are not accounted for in these posts.