There are three types of lies; direct lies, indirect lies, and statistics.

I'm licensed in NY and would be glad to assist you but I should advise you something in advance---any broker that is willing to "share the pot" is doing so in direct violation of federal statues (specifically RESPA) covering a majority of residential transactions.

I keep thanking you all for your help whether indirectly or directly but I must say it again, THANK YOU!!

Most of the tax laws favor activities that the lawmakers (and their friends/donors) are either directly or indirectly involved in.

., mid-west) If I stay in this market, go the less-trodden pathFind a "fixer" and put some "sweat equity" into the home to increase rents or possibly even flip the thing Indirect Investment Alternatives: Real Estate Investment Trusts Become a hard-money lender Possibly buy-up mortgage notes @Mike S. and @Ali Boone : Since you guys are SoCal residents, have you guys given any thoughts to markets outside of LA/OC?

So indirectly you have contributed funds.

Invest in direct mail marketing with a month budget of $350.

It's probably not as a category, but in direction of applying the intent of regulation.I spent years reading and studying regulations, I may not remember someone's name 5 minutes after meeting them (depends on how impressed I was, LOL) I've always had trouble with names, but I can remember text for decades, it depends on how impressed I was.

The retirement funds are tax sheltered, and the trade off is that there can be no direct or indirect benefit between the plan and a disqualified party (in either direction).If you were to add value to the plan's investments, you clearly could not receive compensation.If you were to add value without compensation, then you are giving the plan free labor, and effectively making undocumented contributions to the plan.  

One lawyer said I need to file breach of contract with ejectment action, another said it need to be handled like a foreclosure, because of this conflict in direction, I have gotten real confused.