Definitely lease optioning your own home to sell it is the way to go.... as long as you use contracts that protect you, negotiate good numbers, and carefully pick a quality tenant.

Next is a deed in lieu of foreclosure, which is where a lender agrees not to foreclose but rather accepts the property by quit claim deed, which will protect the borrower's credit somewhat.

However, the Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act specifies that they must refund their fees to the homeowner on request.

A prospective Lease-to Purchase was lined up to occupy the home and cover the mortgage payments in many variations of this scheme a portion of the kick back money was supposed to "protect the Investor" some of the bolder operators actually marketed this a a second chance opportunity for the cash rich and credit poor (People with income that was "difficult" to document) The rapidly appreciating markets allowed for substantial "equity spreads" the source of the "kick back money." i.e the FMV is 100K the seller has 45K into the property and would be happy with netting 18K profit, the change goes to paying all the closing costs and a gratuity to the buyer.

I understand this is not a legal forum but would like to hear from experience investors.What is the best way to handle finders fees; i.e if you have an associate looking to move a property and you bring her a buyer, how do you receive a fee and protect yourself in the process?

Kevin Geddes filed for Ch. 7 bankruptcy protection in California on 12/18/08.

No matter how pretty, wealthy, or "nice" they are - people behave one way in public and hide their secrets "behind closed doors".

The LLC doesn't really receive enough mail to justify the expense, but I don't want to compromise my liability protection by having company mail sent to my personal PO Box.

They don't seem to offer any "protection", just privacy.

As a former teacher, I've seen how bad things have become in the past decade, and it isn't going to get better any time soon.I suspect it has more to due with the fact that the quality of grade and high school public educations are on the decline.