How about IRA requirements, for instance to be a real estate professional you need to document x# of hours (which is nearly impossible to do w/a W2 job.)

Each time you reach out, keep the tone friendly and professional.

Have 100k sitting and a few real estate investors in my network who have inquired as to whether I’d be interested in helping to fund their down payments for fix & flips. 

@J Shoe I will start by saying consult with a personal attorney and CPA (and have them work together.)Typically people buy in an LLC just to keep their name off the record and for asset protection and operation agreements.As a sole investor a lot of people will buy in their personal name so they can more easily obtain quality financing, and then move the asset into the LLC.A lot of people of California use trusts (DSTs) to hold the asset, so they are not contributing to the problem of over taxation in CA, as CA has a franchise filing fee of $800 every year for each LLC.Just some things to think about, but find the professionals that can tailor a system for you personally.Cheers

@Jacob Joseph recommend spending your money on marketing to your warm network, educating them on what you're looking for and expanding it versus pursuing strangers.

No risk=no reward Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

If you are looking for funding you can use our funding portal and if you are looking for buyers you can tap into our network.   

You don't want to be getting this advice from the forum unless its from a qualified professional.

LANDLORD: friends posing as landlord, fake receipts, fake rental verifications---Professional PMC: we Google for their number.

Accountants are in such demand, that the best are not even accepting clients half the time.The other problem I see often with accountants on here is that they specialize in larger investors, and have really high prices when you as a smaller investor do not need all the bells and whistles.Another thing I see is folks thinking they need to have a tax professional in their state.