It often seems impossible to escape during (and even before and after) regular business hours, so I'm not sure how I'd go about business on the real estate side.Right now, I'm rehabbing a duplex nights and weekends (my first property), but that's no fun... so just reaching out for ideas and advice from those of you who have "been there".

@Mike LaCava 's topic tonight is "How to Escape The 9-5 and Become A Full Time Real Estate Investor"

Dayton is pretty big land wise, and I know there are a couple other nice enclaves that escape my mind.Let me know if you have any questions in particular, because like every neighborhood, reality on the ground can be very different a block or over.

So far, most business purpose private lending has escaped the punitive scrutiny of Dodd-Frank and the CFPB.

When I speak of "small" projects, I'm referring to handyman jobs such as window flashing repair, exterior painting, fire escape stairwell refinishing, etc.

If its MLS I see no escaping paying whoever else has their hand in the pot (listing, your broker etc..)

Again, my brother didn't understand what he was signing, and in fact he never heard of a 1031 before.In the end, and almost immediately after my brother signed the documents, the buyer backed out over what we considered to be almost frivolous reasons to escape the contract.

.: @Simon Lloyd No U.S.A. entity structure (partnership, LLC, corporation, even a syndicate) is going to escape the 30% withholding by the IRS on repatriation of earnings/profit; nor will you escape the balance of the Canadian tax rate on top of that 30%.

What becomes the other funny concept in my mind, is even in Will's response, the "ultimate" blame is actually on the LENDER and the appraiser becomes collateral damage for the lender from the investor.To the degree agents have their idea of value recorded, I would argue either so does an appraiser in the loan, which ends up dictating the purchase price or neither does and it actually all lies at the door step of the lender.You know, conservative banker types, spoiling the party for everyone else and escaping the blame since, well 3,500 years ago.

Thanks for the info Jonathan,As a wholesaler, where would the escape be since I would have to close the A deal first.