Also, my husband left his job and started his own business, which may become an issue for them (savings from apartments and "flips" allowed him freedom to leave the corporate world).I often see commercial loans advertised at 90% LTV, are these just teasers?

Any European certified bank will lend for French real estate, though in reality the French banks are of course more inclined to do so.

I would recommend speaking with an attorney that specializes in corporate defense for the state that you are considering setting up an LLC.

Anybody remember the local corporate storefront lenders in CA?

I'm no longer listening to that voice.This is partially due to discovering that a friend of mine, after investing in mobile homes on the side for a few years while he worked his regular 9-5 was able to "take a package" and go full time with investing rather that submit to the whims of the big corporate brother.

If any of you could give me an idea of a corporate structure for a small/medium size wholesaling operation that would be very much appreciated.

Most of my savings are currently tied up in traditional corporate vehicles, e.g. stocks, 401K, IRA and brokerage accounts.I'm in my early 40s, purchase my 4th home last year and currently living in South OC with my beautiful family of four.I'm looking forward to your advice, direction and experience (both success and failure) in RE.Thanks for creating BP as a place to share!

But again for me personally, nothing helps my fund-raising like my 20 years land development and real estate law experience, although most of that was done for corporate employers.

BTW, I've been approached by those I know in the world of academia to teach again, I'm leery as I know the commitment required and after all, I am retired, but, I might do something to kill the boredom......might mean less time on BP, so some could celebrate that.Now, I don't recall telling you that you were full of crap, if I did, you must have been (LOL) :)I can see where your brother was coming from, he was lucky to be in a family that was active in the industry he was interested in, I think too, that unless you're expecting to climb the corporate ladder, grad school won't help that much in RE investing, it didn't do that much for me.I'd love to have some BBQ with you!

One of the things we were told was that we should start off as either a LLC or S-corp (or maybe both depending on our strategy) sooner rather than later.