The value proposition I give to clients is not that it's too big and scary to do for themselves--you can also learn to become your own lawyer in order to defend yourself in court, or you can become a master mechanic in order to build your own car--the question is: do you want to do the work and research necessary to represent yourself competently?

Thanks to Carl and the others who jumped in and defended me.

there's no need to defend realtors as hard working.

I'm certainly not defending Bush.

As an LLC is a tax pass-through entity, you (the owner) will receive the same tax benefits as you would if you deducted these repair/improvement expenses on your personal taxes--but, if you use the LLC, it helps legitimize the LLC, is more defendable in an audit b/c it reflects a real business process instead of tax evasion, and frankly it makes it easier and faster during tax time.How might this help in reality?

I don't want to defend myself in a lawsuit because a newbie agent saw some quick, easy profit and "cut a corner" he shouldn't have.Just my opinion.all cash

For spyware protection, I have Spybot and windows defender.

And NEVER GIVE THE KEYS until everything's been deposited and you've had 4 days after that for the payments to clear.The best way to defend yourself against problems with this is to have a written tenant screening policy and provide it to every applicant.

Haha I am not going to defend sec 8 to a fault.

Understand, I’m not trying to defend anyone and I’m more confused now than ever; so I don’t care if you answer.