I have been told the corporate veil can be pierced during litigation IF there is enough equity to make it worth while.

(also, fear of litigation has about zero affect on me anymore, so I'm probably a little aggressive in terms of papering over every detail :) ) A consultation and longer contract, if nothing else, would educate a newer investor on the law and how things are done in the local area.

I would have an civil engineer look at it right away since it just happened so that you have another party to verify what happened and take tons of pictures.It is going to cost the contractor time and money to fix it but he should if he caused the damage.

I was a prosper.com lender until the NC DOJ instituted a cease and desist order that mirrored the federal order (see http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2008/33-8984.pdf) They now meet SEC requirements, but the NC order is still in place.

Seems to be a civil case, decided in court, so who knows?

A civil engineer, structual, IT?

Now my brother (civil engineer) wants in on the action so we plan to form an LLC and invest with our own money.

Civil rights lawyers or fair housing groups will often take cases in borderline situations like this assuming that they will be able to find more evidence of bad behavior as the case goes on.Edit: craigslist probably flagged no pets as they have a dog/cat button on the post that you check or not.

Since finding these resources the idea of starting investing sooner has me really excited.A little about me, I've been trying to nail down what I want to do for a 9-5, I started school in Architecture, switched to Civil Engineering, then Construction Management/Architectural Engineering, and then Computer Science/Programming.

As I understand it, violating this would be a civil affair and not a criminal action so therefore isn't really "illegal".