With the Zaggots already established, a few areas under redevelopment, and a new NHL & NFL teams coming to town.

. :)  I wasn't RE savvy during the crash, so I didn't get in on the low prices.East side (of highway 99) of Elk Grove is older, with some properties on large lots, established beautiful neighborhoods, mobile home parks, neighborhoods that time and paint forgot.

I think that's why they struggle on the equity side and have better success on the debt side.Not to mention that most established investment sponsors have a fairly robust base of investors, and if they are doing their job well, a steady stream of new investors coming in from word of mouth and referrals. 

Like anything else in retail, the reputation of a product takes a long time to establish, it may not take as long to kill a reputation but many retailers ride on the coat tails of their past reputation a long time before the public realizes quality has dropped. 

In the mist of trying to get out as quickly as possible before our hard money payments hit (they gave us 3 mo. period to get the house handled before payments would kick in) no discussion concerning LLC occurred with this lender.I've now got an LLC established with my wife and I as members and have found out that they won't allow us to move the loan to be under the LLC.

As you can see, our goal in establishing this method was to try to separate as much as we could our personal means of communication from our rental business.

Anyway, here goes…I am trying to establish my nonworking wife as a “real estate professional.”

Employee relationship needs to be established. 

Institutional accounts are slow to setup, and none of the exchanges really provide a means to contact someone to check on the status of an application or obtain help.You have to establish an institutional exchange account that ties back to the Solo 401(k) in some fashion, either directly in the 401k trust or via a LLC that is wholly owned by the 401(k). 

However, she has no established credit, so the loan will go under our names only.