If they’re added as occupants instead of tenants, then they wouldn’t get to piggyback off their brother’s assured continued good rental history.If they’re added as tenants, they do NOT meet our rental qualification requirement standards, so I’m not sure how to avoid trouble there making such big exceptions … or maybe the rules are different in a roommate situation like this, since we can’t market the remaining tenant or roommate spots to the public, to move in with Tenant Alpha?

I think the general public would be shocked if data ever got into the popular media regarding how much fraud there is.

Not sure why it's legal, but it's no different than Zillow, the general public thinks it's useful and that's what matters. 

The trust owns the property, but because there is no public registry of trusts, all someone would know is the name of the trust and the name of the trustee.

b) Buying securities like REIT's (publicly traded or unlisted REIT's like those offered by Fundrise, Realty Mogul): Advantages are instant diversification, low investment minimums, liquidity (this varies), the ability to play in all kinds of sectors of real estate (residential, office, industrial, storage, etc).

First time home owners and investors need to be aware that scams often happen in real estate because a lot of information is public record IE: name, address, parcel numbers.

The plans are public record and you might be able to do everything on line.

Skills: * Excellent web research skills * Know how to locate Pre-foreclosures using Public Records and foreclosure websites

The question is, does the advisor really have the experience, knowledge and legal capacity to advise the public?

Yeah, he likely would have lost, but if there was any sincerity in his remarks, I give him some credit...He said:"[I do] not love Congress [and that the body] is not operating as it should....It may be shocking that someone in public office would actually decide to voluntarily step down, but I reached a conclusion that if I could help to create jobs by growing a business, or help educate our children in a university or college, or help a philanthropy or charity, I would be getting more done to help people in their daily lives than Congress is currently doing."