You are confused as evidenced by your response.You can still use GRATs and GRUTs is you are behind the time.Your attorney maybe an extertaining golf player but he may not be up to date on ways to avoid these elaborate and complicated structuresYou claim that your attroney si your friend but you want to sue him?

Personally don't place value on cash on cash because you can play games to get big numbers @Justin B.That is ok though because there are plenty of big players that do.What is important IMO is the return on the entire investment because you can go negative equity in a heart beat.

I started by investing in a house in San Jose CA when I worked in Silicon Valley.The people you refer to as the big players are sometimes just folks who talk a good game.

We are probably 12 months away from serious players scooping up assets in the U.S.

And if you guys would have the OU Ducks lay off everyone a bit on the football field...I mean really, do the guys have to kick everyone's *** year after year...my Longhorns need some of those players!

It isn't unusual for agents to start with a big player and then move to a smaller one(with better commissions) once they get more established. 

There will always be a bigger player with more influence, and that is just part of the game.

These agencies have more assets available for prosecution than you do for any defense.Seller financing will need to comply, in origination and servicing, to do so you will need to go much deeper in compliance aspects and set in place entity structures that will likely take several operations and oversight into consideration, acted out by different players.

I can't vouch for trustworthiness, but you will be able to see all the players in the market.Good LuckGinoHere's a list of questions you can ask them:https://www.dropbox.com/s/950hnjeak2v6s0u/Question...

same place though NO ONE who is just about to lose their house will be in a position to sell it to you for zero or next to nothing down.. by the time the bank post the foreclosure the least I have seen just to bring it current is 7 to 10k  with many times it being double triple or more.. so you need those funds at least.If you don't have those funds liquid and know how to do this.. you need to educate your self.. what I would do is go to the courthouse if your in Birmingham area you will see many folks.. the ones that actually bid are the real players there is always 80% of the audience is like you .. just trying to learn... go introduce yourself and see if you can bird dog for them to get the knowledge.I fund courthouse step buyers in Birmingham we buy 3 to 5 a month in that market.. some months nothing but pretty consistent.