It is wise to have an Identity Statement sheet from your title company so as soon as you put the property under contract you can have your title company run the title and when you market the property you will confidently tell your buyers that the property is cloud free.

Lolif you pay taxes on a ssn that isn’t your own how is that not identity theft?  

For business owners, having a separate legal entity, such as a corporation or limited liability company, provides the unique ability to create a credit identity with business credit reporting agencies, also known as a business credit profile.Reality check:  > Funding your business with your home equity or personal savings/guarantee is a HUGE risk  > ~45% of Small Businesses applied for a Business Loan in 2023  > Less than 2% of SBA Loans are actually funded/approved  > 29% of Small Businesses FAIL because thee run out of Capital  > Your company’s name on a credit card is NOT corporate credit (if you used your FICO score to get it)  > Business (EIN) credit will open new ways to finance your growthIf you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you always got!

@Jon Holdman gives you both sides of an identical scenario.  

I thought that a land trust is transfering title from a property, helps identity protection, but in case of death the land trust is still surviving, which avoid the probate,Capital Gain taxes and Prop 13 8n California, because there is no Change of ownership.

Miraculously, they provided identical answers.

The property is currently operating as a 6-unit with two identical illegal 1bed, 1 bath basement units.

Primarily that you will now cut your monthly cash flow since debt service will increase with a higher principal (unless you refinanced into a much lower rate environment)However, Cash-Out Refinances are riskier for your Lender for a few reasons, so they will typically charge a higher rate / points for the privilege (versus an otherwise identical loan thats a rate-term refi or acquisition)Why are Cash-Out Refinances priced higher by the lender?

Minimum property standards to refi with an Agency mortgage are identical to minimum property standards to purchase with an Agency mortgage.

Apartments.com uses TransUnion for soft pull credit reports, so you will get the identical report you would get through Smartmove.