If I closed on a house I was buying in January, I would expect a prorated portion of the real estate taxes for the prior year and the date of January to be credited to me at closing.  

best of luck to you and I know I'm new myself but you can contact me at anytime and we can run ideas off each other .

If you have any questions or if you would like to discuss investment strategies, feel free to DM me at your convenience....or if you would like to meet up, I'm local in Costa Mesa.

It's leaving me at a loss at each property. 

But they dropped the damn letter on me at the last second, during the closing -- didn't NEED to self-finance before that.I'll go read through the 91-page closing docs and verify my rescission rights. 

The property is being sold to me at a discount from the current below market value , there's about 10k of equity in the house so I mean I guess that's a good gesture.

From what I've seen, a sole proprietorship might be the best for me at the moment, until such time I'm making enough to justify creating an LLC, and relying on an umbrella policy to cover any potential problems.So, getting an EIN for my business, dba registering, getting a business banking account, and applying for business credit seems like the way I should be going at the moment. 

Charging for pool heat sounds totally insane to me. At

And she really didn't want to meet me at the property, she wanted me to come to her work.

For example 8% pref and 50% of profits.Depending on raise amount also depends on how much equity/profit you give up as you need to leave meat on the bone for sponsorsHow you structure it with your partner is a business decision.