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Start by using a land trust and transfer the deed to your LLC later, once you’ve acquired a few more properties.If you’re willing to move and remodel, consider getting a 30-year loan on your next property.

They are usually real estate salespersons as well. 

Equity stripping, or equity skimming, is a type of real estate fraud scheme.

@Helena Goyvaerts I run the Michigan Real Estate Investors group and we have over 1200 members. 

Large gifts, including real estate, may benefit from structuring around this limitation.

There is no real reason to use illegals, there's just no real benefit to it and a lot of downside.

Even if you have an excellent team built with plenty of trust, it's really difficult to do this without having lots of face time and rapport building. 

Until you build trust with a team or contact you should view every property esp a MF that is a larger investment.

Is it the CA department of real estate?