Generally, if an accepted lending activity is regulated by law it will first be viewed as being compliant under those restrictions and not under SEC, unless that activity takes on more of the flavor of a security activity in light of various issues.

You should keep that toned down, or be subtle about it.You have a LOT of options available to you, so don't "jump at the first thing or person that crosses your path and "smells" like success.

While there is no issue of a deficiency judgment with seller financed installment contracts, if that note is sold for cash, that cash injection could make the note take on a different flavor.

I recall giving a suggestion in the thread introducing the guide.If you try to make it too comprehensive, it may no longer be a guide and then it could take on a different flavor.

So, while what Dave is saying is very true, it can be a case by case basis with a different flavor for some holder on the street.

Yes, subtle differences: I open escrow with the 'closing attorney', not the trustee; I don't handle the deed, do the recording, etc.

Houston is a different market flavor, but it still doesn't change my suggestions.

I do feel I've fallen prey to a different, more subtle type of status-seeking.

Paige, really depends on what flavor of real estate you are talking about?

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