I suspect the brokerage community is going to start telling their agents to turn in violators.one of my Oregon bird dogs just put a sign in the yard neighbor got pissed off as they wanted the house turned him into the state .. its kind of like getting a DUI  cost you about 10 to 15k first offense and a cease and desist..So then I went on to ask her about transactional funding as I have been a party to that a bunch of times and wanted to make sure I was legal.. she said NO way.. they deem that as some sort of fraud.. idea is the lender and wholesaler are in cahoots and scheming and marketing a property they dont' own and its prima facia evidence when they see two deeds in one day and a middle man payout.so bottom line you need to get into title and stay there for a few weeks BEFORE you market the property.. but as the regulator said.. they only respond to complaints right now.. so don't piss off any sellers or agents  LOL. 

Mobiles are known for a few kinds of issues.

Honestly, the pitching kind of frightened me, and made me questions whether I wanted to pursue real estate investing.

I've kind of felt jaded by wholesalers that tried to re-assign, though. 

Kind regards,Brian Keeler

suppose if the best you can do in the investing world is 5% or be a landlord then yes your summation I guess is best for those..for me my cash is put out on value add new builds and we double our money in 9 months.. that's the kind of returns I like not drip income..I can never win the landlord argument I understand that and most landlords can't do what I do anyway so its not a fair comparision.http://vimeo.com/263639790  this is what I personally like to do... and this is one of 30 I have going  LOL.. different business for sure. 

What kind of maintenance are you meaning?

To the extent points are being captured in the Cap Rate you're actually skewing the cap rate with your leverage, which kind of defeats the purpose of that metric.Since the goal of Cap Rate is to provide a quick and dirty view of the risk/reward of a property.

Assuming the logical next step is to hire an attorney, what kind (real estate, litigation, etc)?

For instance, if you get a degree in Real Estate and an MBA in Real Estate & Entrepreneurship, and with the kind of passion you already have, you'll probably achieve a lot as a developer before you turn 30.