I am a CPA (corporate financial - not tax) at a large, national home builder.

The criteria I am using, which I am basing off recommendations from members on this site consists of:- Equity: 40%-100%- Property Type: SFR- Bedrooms: At least 3- Absentee Owner- Exclude Corporate- Exclude Trustee- Last Market Sale Date: Pre 2006From this list, my screen is yielding only 119 addresses (with my selected area yielding about 130,000 addresses before adding any additional criteria).

Grad school was great but I didn't see myself fitting into the corporate world or "getting a job."

Rent bumps are not as strong but you also have all expenses paid by the corporate tenant so that 2 to 3% per year bump is not offset by growing expenses and maintenance costs.Water goes up, taxes skyrocket, land or building has issues the corporate tenant eats all the costs and you still get a passive return.I do agree that for people with limited funds houses are a starting point because they have more time than anything else.The clients I deal with typically have a few hundred k to into the millions and they do not want intensive job or headache type investments.

And I gotta say, I'm impressed of these huge corporations such as Google, Apple, Verizon, etc. were able to avoid paying federal income tax.

Hello i am starting a corporation to flip 5-8 properties a year, i done two so far.I am in California focusing on San Diego and its surrounding areas.Does anyone flip houses with a target audience in mind?

When the market tanked in 2007 I had to transition into IT in corporate as a Project Manager (was PMP certified until I let it go).

If the corporate veil is pierced and the insurance doesn't hold up, this could be one more strategy to protecting your ASSets.Simple to do -lots of us make notes every day.cost effective -just recording costs and notary costWanted to share a strategy and see what your thoughts are.

Together they complement each other

S-corporation and partnership: You can utilize a simple distribution, nothing becomes taxable until you withdraw more than you have contributed to the business.In a C-corporation through the use of Nontaxable Distributions(I.E.