To choose the correct path for any particular business a number of questions need be answered first1.

What do you do to ensure that the tenant is responsible for security deposit disputes since that is the largest reason for owner lawsuitsHow familiar are you with the newly changed laws that can affect you the owner if they are not used correctly?.

Correct, the idea would be to owner-occupy one of the units (I’m looking at 2-4 unit options).

First, most investors and owners of real estate related businesses are in one or more of the following situations1- they’re unable to duplicate their expertise that drives the ROI and they are at their personal max capacity as to time2- they’re obtaining high ROI by use of excessive leverage 3 - they’re obtaining high ROI by taking excessive risk4- they hit correct timing in the correct market, and this is not necessarily repeatable with any probabilityIn order for an investment or business to scale, we need the ROI (on a risk adjusted basis) to be sufficient to cover a PREMIUM risk adjusted return to passive investors; all expenses of managing the assets and the business, and a significant return to the “sponsor” providing compensation to him making the work, risk and time worth while. 

I also had a state corrections officer that was similar.

(example - STR on the back end to increase cash flow)To me, forced apperception (BRRRR or buying at a discount) is a hedge against market corrections.

C class in general is in for a major correction in my opinion (a lot of which has happened already but I think there is more to come) and this will be another nail in that coffin.But as with all chaos, opportunity breeds. 

We had to make sure we sidestepped them and only added information to the correctly entered, active applications.

Your EMD should still be with the title company if it was handled correctly.

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