Ok it can count as a blog like post with so many typos amd grammar errors tha the grammar nazis will be physically looking for me.

So, the Dodd-Frank Act does hit you after all.The SAFE  Act is incorporated into the Dodd Frank Act, so it's provisions are a part of the compliance requirement under Dodd-Frank.Next, the SAFE Act states (paraphrased) is that the Act is to cover ANY method, system, plan or other ploy implemented with the purpose of evading the intent of the Act.There is another issue in law that sees any closely held corporate structure, parent, subsidiaries, affiliates or other independent entities as being held by the same or similar beneficiaries of interests as being an affiliate relationship, they look behind the door to see who benefits.

For example, if you calculate that you are loosing $3k per year in depreciation, how do you physically prove that you have lost that amount of money?

I suggest you look into becoming incorporated.

You would be surprised how many people will call you back in 6 months because they have found themselves in a distressed position.If you tell them right off the bat that you only buy properties in physical distress, they will throw your card away and when they are in a distressed situation, you won't be the investor they call.You can't create motivation.

I want to incorporate online marketing, so I can grab a piece of that market, but I want to verify that Charleston, SC is a good fit for it before I invest the money.

I do not need to physically drive the neighborhood or even see inside the house.

Since I am doing things from abroad I am in need of some help locally and also considering crowdfunding projects.I wonder in which state it is most advantegous to incorporate the main LLC and if you have some recommendations for attorneys that can help me manage my investments in the US.

If we hear complaints that there is heavy selling going on we will physically go into that room and listen, if we can confirm that the speaker is abusing the stage, we will end the presentation, and not allow that speaker back to future expos.

My husband and I both travel and we stay in corporate america (soul sucking world that it is) because getting loans and credit with our work history/income is so easy.