Nathan, the key to success is surrounding yourself with superheroes that make up for your weaknesses.

I can tell you first hand how difficult it is when you are starting out with limited funds, not many resources and a weak knowledge base.

.- The IRS is chronically underfunded indeed, and it is as chronically inefficient.

I hear that it isn't convincing to a court if you create an LLC for one flip, and then close it - you were just using that as an extension of yourself, which makes it weak.

The fact that it is decentralized and not "backed" (aka controlled by) a central authority is viewed by most users as one of its strengths - not one of its weaknesses.

This can work against you if your legal claim is weak and in your favor if your claim is strong - in which case the government may be more inclined to settle it early in order to not set a precedent.4.

Looking at your web site, these look like very weak deals.

There is a lot of nuance and detail around their strengths and weaknesses.

Weak Euro economy. 

That was very weak advice and any future market analysis from those folks should be suspect to say the least.