My test for if a neighborhood is too "bad": would I be comfortable sending my wife there at night?

One can only hope I never need to test it and that we never get sued haha!

Hi SteveThanks for your comment.You make a good point and I hope you are right but I am not willing to be a test case.I am not qualified to say, don’t do it, just that the government has the resources to prove their point that the subject of the “referral†ultimately paid.

I would be willing to test it for/with you and work with you on it as well.

As mentioned, it might be worth doing some investigating to see if they have consultants/executives in need of a high-end rental.Here are a couple of the companies that are investing in Atlanta;-Gulfstream-Juniper Networks (the are building a 100MM testing facility).

Under the SAFE Act of any other mortgage origination regulation, A loan to a family member is not considered being in the business, which would be the first test, secondly, it's a refi, not a purchase.

It just doesn't pass the "common sense" test...Can you post the applicable statute(s) that are being broken in these two situations and explain to me why I've never heard of anyone being charged under these statutes?

If you are following any guru progam written prior to the Act, my opinion is that there would be a good chance that it would not pass the smell test.

I have been in this business going on 8 years.I am a broker and own my commercial real estate brokerage in Georgia.Each state is different.In Georgia you have to be licensed for at least 3 years continously active and in good standing to get a brokers license.You can take the test in year 2 but not become a broker until the time requirement is met.As far as reserves let me clarify a few things for you.Unlike the JOB you have now real estate is a free for all where you have expenses that run into the multiple of thousands of dollars annually even if you close on nothing.Also the average agent it says makes about 35,000 a year.This is UNTRUE.

We are running some test files to see how they will be received by the negotiator.