No body wants their aged parents or grandparents taken advantage of by a slick talking fraudster.  

We provide regulatory assistance to keep your property in compliance with local rules and regulations and guide you on how to introduce submetering to your residents.5.

I have a background in quality assurance and regulatory compliance as well as a law degree (not licensed YET!).

Also necessary is a partner that can navigate the U.S. regulatory waters around the investment.Commercial real estate investors looking for equity can find those Asian partners and establish relationships.

But that's business you make money but probably the previous owner made money too, so is a circle every body win until the circle is turning all the way around lol

For example, I get alerts for this thread, because one of the user's last names is Augusta (it's not in the body of the forum):https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/313806-newbie-living-in-indianapolis?

well, any papers filed by the bank foreclosing will include the name of that bank and the property owner and probably the property owners new address. there, you have all you need to know. if it is not in foreclosure, ask the property tax authority who is paying the taxes and maybe where they are paying them from. lastly, ask the neighbors. every neighborhood has the " neighborhood busy body" that knows everything about everyone. find that person. then look up the owners name on the computer in google. i personally have found several people this way. 

I just won't buy in a city with rent control when there are plenty of options that have less regulatory friction.  

Seller is short-changed as the final Buyer was willing to buy direct from them.Seller now is receiving less for their home (even though it is a short-sale, they maybe on the line for the balance difference with their bank).In the end, the agent is going to work in the agents best interest to try to find a Buyer so they can exercise the option contract rather than working in the Sellers best interest.As for the LLC, agent should have to disclose on any contract if they are a partner/member in a LLC or Corp, so I think this would still be a conflict of interest and not be in the Sellers best interest, thus the local governing body of Realtors would make this practice illegal (I assume).

@Paul SandhuNot really sure I want to go down this rabbit hole, but...is the dead body question from experience?