Do everything by the book, and in the case when you are faced with a lawsuit, use a good liability policy as a first line of defense, and your LLC that you have properly structured and documented  as the second.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/17/dodd-frank-law-changes-seller-financing-investors/Feel free to read through the 900 page Dodd Frank document to really immerse yourself in this issue!

@Chad BaileyThe following IRS document sheds more information on the ROBS 401k program. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/robs_guidelines.pdfAlso, here is how the ROBS 401k program works in a nutshell.A new C-corporation is established.Corporation sponsors a new 401k/PSP.The IRA funds are transferred to a new brokerage account opened for the 401k/PSP.The new real-estate corporation issues stock shares to the 401k/PSP for the benefit of the participant.The 401k participant must be an employee of the corporation and he or she may take a reasonable salary.The corporation owner's family members may be employees of the franchise business and receive reasonable compensation for their services.To the extent that the corporation generates profits and elects to distribute those profits to the owners of the business, the percentage of the profits associated with the shares held in the 401k/PSP will flow back to the 401k/PSP brokerage account.

@Lacie GilbertYou should document how you intend to split profit and loss. 

That way I have a document showing what she is promising me in terms of performance, and that I can hold her accountable for.

@Yetunde IjamsHere is a copy of the Alberta Residential Tenancies Act ... a good place to start.Then you can visit Laws for Landlords and Tenants in Alberta for additional information and  sample documents.

And, The $550 they said it was for documentation fees.

Originally posted by @Nicholas Lohr:  I live in California and I know that this state has MUCH lower returns than say the Midwest  What documentation do you have for this "known"? 

Or what about news outlets?

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