Otherwise, we may find ourselves in the perverse situation where it is much more profitable for two neighbors to own each other's homes and rent them out than to own their own homes.I think the problem with inflated asset prices has been caused by a variety of factors such as (a) government guarantees of mortgages, (b) short-term executive compensation arrangements, (c) lack of shareholder rights, (d) non-recourse home loans and (e) the stupidity and greed of home buyers.

My understanding is you will have the corp setup with owner and/or shareholders to whom a salary & profits must be distributed.

If we simply lowered our taxation on corporations and encouraged them to send capital back to shareholders to deploy it efficiently wouldn't it help the overall economy and thus the tax coffers?

Did you know that largest single shareholder of Fox News' parent company (behind Rupert Murdoch) is a Prince from Saudi Arabia?

I understand this to be legitimate as long as the shareholders of Company A are different than Company B.

Even IF you happen to find the extremely rare co-op that lets you rent out your unit, you would have to go through the whole co-op board interview and have them know every little detail about your life before they would consider approving you too be a shareholder.

I can however tell you - the builder never wants to give up control if they don't have to - to many reasons to list.LAW states no matter what - at a minimum 1 annual HOA meeting with all owners / shareholders is required.Good Luck!

It's true that someone needs to sign on behalf of the company, but that doesn't need to be "you" -- it just needs to be someone who has authority to sign on behalf of the entity, based on the by-laws or operating agreement.That someone could be a spouse, partner, another member of the LLC, or if you want to give Power of Attorney, potentially someone completely unrelated to the company (though the POA will need to be signed by someone with authority from the entity).Also, at least in my state, the Articles of Organization don't require the naming of any members/managers/shareholders, just an authorized agent (which could be an attorney).

Some shareholders are upset about the merger last year and bonuses that were paid around the time of the merger without sufficient information to shareholders.

The board can and does change the rules, and doesn't necessarily tell the shareholders.