However, and this is really for the newbies out there, your margins were dangerously thin.The rule of thumb, and this is for your protection, is to buy at no more than 65% of the ARV minus the repairs.

You will have a solid management agreement keeping you protected.

These are asset protection busters.

To protect my customers and company, I had no other choice!

This is against public policy in NC under the liberally construed Real Property Marketable Title Act statue and its related case law. "...marketable record title shall not affect or extinguish the following rights... (11) Deeds of trust, mortgages and security instruments..."

Essentially, this means the borrower signed and acknowledged the obligations of the mortgage in the presence of a notary public and two witnesses.

Real estate investing is seldom hands off if you want to protect your capital.I also agree with Eric that transactional funding is almost gone except for the 30 day hold model, which is something else entirely.

I've heard previously that a lot of commercial brokers don't publicly list their properties.

I have negative net worth so nothing real valuable to protect in a lawsuit at the moment :) At some point I will get more serious with that as my financials should finally start swinging up as I go through my 30s here (college debt can be brutal!)

Comps have to include all photos, and public and agent remarks(read them, this is like xray vision). if the street you are on is busy then you want other comps on same street if possible. 4.