Personally, I'm a huge fan of Family Limited partnerships and multiple entities; however, being an accountant it is easy for me to keep it all straight.

There used to be multiple pages of properties that investors could buy.

Karen - A quick calculation that i have seen work multiple times is this (assuming that demo, construction costs and sales prices are not exotic or out of line):If your total sales revenue is 5-6x your land cost, you probably have a deal worth taking a hard look at.

The state you live in has highly advanced hard money lending distribution systems and a lot of California exiles who know the business and have lots of money.At a local lender's trade association you'll find out who the real players are.

Risk is a player in every investment decision, whether that decision is a treasury bond, a house, a trust deed, or a roulette wheel.So why does putting investment returns in the context of their risk offend you so much that you ask that I be ignored?

When you do the flips with little margin (paint and carpet) there is a lot of players, littler paychecks, and more stress that you might have been off on a comp.

Well and agent can pull them for you from the multiple listing.

The biggest growth was in Nõmme (+43%) and North-Tallinn (+33%), states the Real Etate Investment company 1Partner land-office statistics.In absolute terms most deals made by foregners were still in Lasnamäe where the growth was 11% compared to 2011. 724 deals were made, which comes up to a third of total in Tallinn.1Pratner Real Estate Finland broker Ayreri Christian said the main foreign players in Tallin market are Finnish and Russians."

Find multiple problems, become the sole answer to those problems being solved, and then you are essential. 

If the govt thinks you're a public problem in your business dealings you're not smart enough to out smart them, it's just a matter of time, if a regulator wants to nail you, you're most likely nailed.Gotta understand, the financing of a RE deal has been around a long time and "investors" have been screwing people for a long time, sometimes it's an intentional scam or unfair practice, often it's arising out of the lack of knowledge, maybe both, bottom line, officials are feed up with it.Add to that the fact that there are larger players that can profit while keeping in compliance that running off the unknowing and scammer types means more business and profits.