With the budget cuts on court employees, over crowding of court schedule, free legal services now advertising to all newly filed unlawful detainer and representing the tenant free of charge (on our tax dime) I haven't had an eviction go that smooth in a year.

The federal securities laws define the term accredited investor in Rule 501 of Regulation D as:a bank, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million;a charitable organization, corporation, or partnership with assets exceeding $5 million;a director, executive officer, or general partner of the company selling the securities;a business in which all the equity owners are accredited investors;a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person

. :)Specializations in RE can go in many directions;Concentrate in working with a group of clients like, teachers, law enforcement, city employees or say a local union.

But I treat the good city employees with thank you cards and holiday cards similar to what you do for good pms.

Originally posted by F Foster: @J SCOTT Please help me with this one.

My tale is always to ask for forgiveness rather than permission and as Jon stated, if it came down to hell or high water, then you always could transfer title back to your name.Keep in mind an important factor, when you asked if you could have permission to transfer the title to your entity, you are asking to do something that goes against the rules of the bank and when you ask the bank employee, they MUST tell you no.

If the net profits go to the same owner(s), you have an issue of a sham transaction.Sham transactions are also issues of self dealings, paying yourself for services and expensing the cost and then adding additional expenses to the service provided to reduce the income.Shame transactions are more obvious with small business owners where a transaction is done to skim profits paying charges to a closely held entity that has no real business purpose or that makes no or little profits.Cooking the books so to speak, to reduce income generated to the same or related owners.If you are actually paying employees, like the body shop guy to make repairs, that is a legitimate expense.

Hi @George Foster Let me know if you have another meetup.

., be an owner), or you need to be an employee (not a contractor) of someone who holds an equitable interest.

As many of us transition from full time employees to full time Realtors and or Investors, we gain freedom, flexibility, and financial security, we tend to also give up healthcare, disability, life insurance, retirement, etc....A good insurance agent can help you protect yourself and assets against sudden loss if you find yourself facing a catastrophic health crises, accident, or even the death of a business partner.