Yeah, I think I could manage that.Maybe that's too complicated for me to pull off.

Some title issues are easy and some are more complicated.

The first requires a rather complicated financial analysis involving the cost of funds, future appreciation rates, length of leasehold, etc.

He's an elderly gentleman and he's having health complications so he's simplifying his life.

This is loan fraud, and making the transaction complicated by putting your sister on title doesn't change that fact.

that way you don't have to worry about bank's and their complications...try to recoup as much of your downpayment for the bank loan and repair money as possible, and then just collect spread between your payment and theirs.

Due diligence is less complicated for single family residential properties, but not any less important.Here is a short list of things I like to cover in my due diligence of a SFR.My investments are rental so I find it more important to use an income approach rather than using comparables.

In all seriousness, this type of planning can be done for someone with just a rental house or 2 and also someone with millions in shopping centers.It isn't that complicated to manage if done properly, but the perception is that it is complex and most people just shy away from it.Then they get sued and lose big and realize, 'maybe I should have done that.'

Don't complicate things by duplicating current municipal ordinances, like barking dogs, yard lights shinning in another neighbor's windows, basketball goals in the driveway (one thing I really don't want to listen to at night...or anytime for that matter, is a bouncing basketball).Others will have much more I'm sure, but get an attorney early on before you set anything in stone that may haunt you later and require a majority vote to change or modify.

First I had a hell of a time convincing people that real estate investing really isn't that f---ing complicated (That was my tagline for a while, "Becoming a landlord is not that f---ing complicated!").