Best of all, it appears that he conducts his operations in compliance with the rules of battle keeping his operators out of the mine fields. 

From the numbers you gave, if your client could get her loan back into compliance, I'm pretty sure she probably shouldn't.

Owner occupied requires compliance with the SAFE Act and Dodd-Frank, might be hard to get a licensed originator to sign off on these deals.Do some reading here on Sub-2 and installment contracts.

The organization was also defrauding the board of education in using the word "university" as for to compliance in using the term under NY academic regulations.Also, there are others coming out with complaints with the bait and switch in other states and other AGs may get in the act as well

I would focus on Americans living in the countries you are interested investing in given that their local knowledge would allow you to do a roadshow in the states with someone that can bridge the legal, compliance and expertise gap overseas.

I always use 49/51, so one party can buy-out the other. from what ive understood, if you have 0 income on c/s corp level, then its 0 tax on that, therefore you only pay personal level. if you hold something, it is 15.xx% difference. but, in my opinion, llc is all the same, just that not a lot of paperworks and can be taxed upon election of your choosing. llc is less paperwork compliance, so it would be great for somebody who will be busy starting a family.

Compliance is your best choice.

The broker is responsible for the development of agency, the operations of the brokerage, the compliance with trust account(s), with advertising, with record keeping and with office requirements.  

Went down the city hall and spoke to lot of people, multiple email etc. finally they waived the late fee on the fine (around 300$), and declined to do any other concession, my agent told me they use to waive it all off for new home owner as long as they can bring the property in compliance within a certain timeframe (usually 60 days) but not any more, I would guess it's very local and depends on the will of city administration.

However if you add a shower, sinks or kitchen it would be wise to pull the permits for it as you won't be in compliance when you go to sell it.