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This is not to denigrate Alan's course [it was an, interesting, read... ] but it was constructed pre-2008, before the SEC and many state regulators started becoming more viligant at monitoring the increasing number of real estate investors issuing securities [if you are raising capital from investors to invest in real estate....]Whichever course you elect to use, or not, or self-educate, seeking out an active attorney current on your state's and federal SEC law is ESSENTIAL, before you mail out any post cards inviting folks to luncheons or otherwise ADVERTISE for investors [as Alan's course advocated when I perused it].The red flag to state regulators is when ads appear, if the advertiser has not complied with the proper state registrations prior to soliciting investors through advertising, you've just created a HUGE target for yourself in most states.....On the other hand, a good attorney practicing in your state's PPM or private offering realm can protect you, and review your offering to investors....and save you some stiff penalties[you've probably heard of the one old school very successful investor, sort of the grand daddy in the private investors area, was actually shut down, for a comparatively MINOR failure to maintain proper paperwork, i.e. whether funds would be returned to investors after each project, or rolled over to the next project..., simple paperwork, had it been drafted correctly, and then proper records maintained]Best of luckBob

Hi All, I've got a tenant in a duplex that fell behind in his gas payments and the gas company shut their gas off.

Also without permits someone can call mid-project and DOB will shut me down. 

Make sure that if you do this, that you do it the right way - by installing the added water line(s) (and possibly sewer line).I went through a house once where there were two water meters, but only one water line - so only one water dept shut-off valve in the street.

Looks rough and looks vandalized (central act unit busted open from copper bandits, front door busted open but hinge lock keeps it "shut")Zillow states the listing realtor will only represent the seller so that means I will need a realtor on my end right?  

I think they are making sure that the heat etc was not shut off after they left, hopefully everything is fine.

.**  "Intentionally" fail inspection  and refuse to comply - start with simple things: missing outlet covers, no light bulbs, windows nailed shut, etc...

Banks are especially sensitive to lack of experience so new or relatively new investors are shut out.To answer you directly, yes and no.

I was almost excited to have found a good real estate community since creonline basically shut down.