(see below)I've received free consultations from the following:* Safeguard Advisors - $1375 setup fee, $125/yr (starting 2nd year)* Discount Solo 401k - $575 setup fee, $125/yr (starting 2nd year)* IRA Financial Group - $999 setup fee, $199/yr (starting 2nd year) Has anyone worked with any of these companies and is the service worth the money? 

I’m a first time investor purchasing a 56-unit apartment complex. Each of the 14 buildings has its own coin-operated washer and dryer in the common hallway. I live out of state. How do I insure that our PM is honest w...

If you live far away, professional property management is an extra expense you simply must incur to safeguard your investment.Experienced builder and property manager Rusty Meador notes, "No matter how good of a real estate deal you find, it is only as good as its ability to be managed well."

The other 40% is brought in through a "joint venture" by bringing in someone with a 700+ credit score to take out a line of credit or mortgage on the remaining 40% needed to buy the home.Side note: There is an option to contribute personal capital as oppose to using your credit to take out a loan.So what Fred offers is a promissory note to safe guard the deal for someone like me as well as provide some sort of "personal guarantee" to remove his corporate shields from his personal assets.So according to him he has skin in the game as well.

This fortified moral position not only bolsters credibility but also safeguards against incalculable future losses.

But I've also been worried about giving up the protection and safeguards that come with using a Realtor. 

I was safeguarded by a ton of equity in the property that was stabilized, and no work being done to it and some experienced help from my boyfriend who had been in private lending and our attorney who understands private lending and usury law in WA state.

A comprehensive risk management approach demonstrates the team's commitment to safeguarding your investment.Understand the GP team's exit strategy for the investment.

Check out safeguard properties, spectrum properties - there are multiple companies who do property preservation.

Not sure if this is the nest place to post, but I'm about to take a partnership with a friend who has an established restaurant business , he has a bar on premise but the bar has been obsolete and does not generate enough income from the bar, the dinning portion is fine.For the partnership , I don't need to contribute any capital but will take a share of net profit from the bar only, in return for my marketing and management of the bar.Since no capital or expenditure is needed  from me, what kind of document is needed to safe guard my interest here.