>It was to my understanding that if you have a purchase agreement with the seller, that gives you "equity interest" in the property which shields you from being charged for practicing without a license because it would be no different than if the owner decided to sell the home themselves.A plain reading of Ohio law exempts only transactions involving "real estate owned" by the actor.

In other words, as a famous actor once said, "show me the money". 

Another way is to use a trust to wholesale and it too is perfectly legal, moral, and ethical so long as the wholesaler does not act or do anything to the contrary.Now, with that all cleared up, I do agree 100% with Ben when he speaks about closing the transaction as a wholesaler no matter what, in other words, have other options to close if you DON'T find that buyer.

I say you should raise the price, to a ridiculous level....and don't tell anyone why. they'll be so intrigued that they will show up just to find out. or maybe put a trail of candy around the neighborhood leading to the front door.maybe you should just keep waiting. maybe an email blast. maybe drop the price ever so slightly. maybe your agent is lazy and is not returning phone calls. maybe youre just unlucky.

have started seeing more and more landlords in socal suburbs actually declaring in ads that they prefer or give 'priority' to sec 8 applicants.considering sec 8 is a 'program' providing an need-based housing voucher deemed countable as 'income'* for 'low-income residents', would preferring applicants of a type of income (in this case, the low-income housing voucher program called section 8) be in violation of FHA act or other federal or state (in my case, CA) statutes?

It's like a kid in the candy store - there's sooooo maaany AMAZING forum posts, blog posts, podcasts, and opportunities to network - the guide just serves as a launching place!

This one can be difficult for an agent to explain because of the Sherman Antitrust act (or at least, based on what my broker says I can or cannot say because of it) which makes it a potentially tricky situation.Personally, when people start to ask I lead with the fact that legally I can't discuss XYZ details because of ABC Law, then explain as much as is appropriate.One method is guide the listing conversations so that they describe their services before they talk price.  

That isn’t the case in all markets though.5)  Finally, it would be foolish to ignore the fact that there are loads of opportunities for a dishonest actor to cause harm, especially on the maintenance side: Defer maintenance, Bill for Maintenance never engaged, Request unnecessary maintenance or Mark maintenance up excessively, etc.

Bad actors will sell with onerous seller financing terms that are easy to violate.  

Dodd-Frank is laced with references, you need to know what is applicable in say, the 33 Act or the 34 Act to understand the revision or amendment or application by Dodd-Frank with security swaps.