I live in KC which is a great market for long term rentals and multi but short term rentals in KC doesn't excite me. 3 hours SE of us is Lake of the Ozarks/Branson which are beautiful and perfect areas for it.

So the options are: You are a GC and are self managing, you are hiring a GC to manage, You are self managing and hiring your own subs, you are managing and actually performing the work.2) As far as municipal inspections go, you always need to pull a general work permit per se if you are going to be demoing and then doing an interior finish. 

Also worth nothing that managing your own properties means you're shifting passive income not subject to SE tax to active income subject to SE tax. 

Steve Cantano - Great citations.HOA liens are not, per se, my niche however I have a fellow Bottomfeeder friend who tracks sales and pursues redemptions.Since I'm a CA only investor (except passive hedge fund portfolios) I get all sorts of title challenges dropped in my lap.

Se la vie.

Here's an example of this - There is a 12 plex down in SE Portland, and 4 out of the 12 units have people working from their apartment full-time for various companies. 

welcome. i am in SE michigan.

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And a pro se plaintiff may not understand how to file a lawsuit at all and may just sue the LLC rather than the owner.

Michael Poat Hi Mike-I love the SBU idea-actually is one of my favorite investing locations on LI for the main reason of foreign (mainly SE Asian) students coming over for room and board.