Can this direct mail expense be attributed directly to the purchased property in some form as an expense?

In my opinion, yes, it can be done, but you're looking into a bigger mess as far as the government is concerned.Lets preface this with I don't know exactly how this works either, but after a certain amount of people are involved you have to report as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and have to file extra forms related to your business and also after a certain threshold you also need to report members and their distributions to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) so they know as well.Being young (as am I) you are going to run into a lot of dead ends trying to apply for a residential loan with a business name.  

Im currently in the process of forming my business entity and I would like to begin networking with individuals who have used these types of funds for projects as well as assist me in obtaining them for myself.

For me its not worth it to hire a lawyer. 

I actually offered on one which I thought was a good deal but after the inspection it turned out to be way too much for me to fix for my first deal.Many of the multifamily houses I am finding are going around 350-450k.  

Hi my name is Gina Jackson and I'm a new investor in North Carolina I have for several years read and attended seminars on Real Estate Investing I also used up every excuse there is to why I haven't started but no more I'm locked and loaded ready to go if you have any advice for me thanks 

And yes...I'm shopping for the Denver market but more importantly I'm shopping for a great deal that will work for me.

hello everyone i am a 20 year old full time college student trying to succeed like many others.really interested on investing real state i know there are many ways and have been reading and researching about it. have gotten to the point where i want to put it to practice. the problem i have that is making me hesitate is how do i do this considering i have no money and no credit. what could be the easiest way or safest way for me to start?

2) When people talk about putting a house under contract, does this mean they've put an offer in with contingency, or is this some form of creative financing?

Longevity of a good tenant is the really the key to this whole thing called real estate investing (buy/hold strategy).Personally for me I've never bought anything under 100K and rents never under $1200/month to try to capture the "high" quality tenants but I still had trouble.