OMG, He is almost as smart as he is handsome..

I built a sales portfolio over that old career that paid me handsomely, made my bosses happy, and ultimately was taken away when Covid reduced my margins.

My reasoning for sourcing the deals myself is I expect I can save between 10-12k in spread from getting the SF property myself instead of paying a handsome assignment fee to wholeseller.

Title search would be helpful but you do it prior to the purchase and it might cost you handsomely if you that for each property you want to bid on.If you do it after you bought a property, you can't get out of the sale: not only you'll lose your $10K but also there will be legal charges against you, so you'll have to play along.In reality, all the liens, mortgages etc are public info - it might take plenty of your time but you'll know for sure what's there on each property.The auditor site has changed recently and there is tab for all liens on each property.

He wants his family to continue owning everything and not sell it off as he realizes that his investments have finally begun to pay off handsomely.

I acknowledge that this strategy is riskier than one that's more cash-flow centric, but the rewards can be correspondingly handsome.

Some are fabulous and will hold your hand some never answer the phone. 

I've also gotten the impression that the fees for California alone are very far reaching for LLC, even if they are not located in state, so I am aware that I will be paying handsome fees.Please help!

Since then, though, I have paid handsomely to be in some masterminds that absolutely are worth the payment.

We held the property until 2015 and sold it for a handsome amount.