4. tax avoidance, self employment taxes on business earnings.........just cheating5. hard money lenders have had a bad reputation in past years, it's getting better, but saying your a private lender allows them to avoid old perceptions.

Concerning vacant  and/or abandoned properties, you will need to go through the respective county tax/appraisal web site to determine the owner.  

If the property manager is a real estate broker and a reputable member of the real estate community in the area he should handle the transition to the new PM professionally. 

The biggest differentiator  for class property is LOCATION, History  and Reputation on the ZIP code.

Zillow will have to begin developing its own “non MLS generated” web content and NAR is losing its easy advertising dollars/ licensing fees as Zillow paid for that content."

When I sold them for a down payment, I had to take screen prints from the web site and show the resulting deposits in my checking.

(Patience, Denver Post's web site is chock full of ads and very slow.)

-I can do web design and a little bit of coding.

They are a reputable legal resource:http://store.nolo.com/products/leasesOtherwise, the next best option is to use the C.A.R. form through an agent.

I played it for the first time last week and it seems to deserve its reputation.