The down side is usually a lower commission split, higher Franchise Transaction Fee and other fees.Here in Orange County, California, we have several Real Estate agencies that have multiple offices but are NOT franchises.

I have just started out in orange county tax certificate sale, gotten them at a good interest rate :) just wondering did anyone of you get involved in this orange county tax certificate sale?

If the taxpayer asks the court to let them redeem rather than be ejected, they will have to pay you the normal redemption charges plus your attorneys fees for the ejectment.For Property 2, put survey or grade stakes generally along the property lines at 10-12 foot intervals, with orange flagging tied on them. it does not have to be exactly on the property line.

I second the recommendation for "Awesome Orange" from Dollar Tree.

If you pull the funds from the Roth IRA early, you forsake years of tax free growth that IRA principal could be producing.As I have said many times on BP, comparing after-tax real estate investing to investing in an IRA (Roth or Tax Deferred) is apples and oranges.  

since you are in orange, i might be able to use the company you use.

Or am I trying to make and apple into an orange?  

@Bill Gulley My BS meter was fully deflected into the red-orange, too.Anytime people come out of nowhere ( I think Alaska is a literal candidate) and post some big plan and support with pseudo-logic and argue the point, they are gone. 

Also, having once owned several million $ worth of beach property in Orange Beach, AL, and having dealt with numerous hurricanes over the years, natural disaster is near and dear to me.  

Louis is the murder capital of the country ONLY because of a statistical "apples and oranges" comparison.