The funds may only be used for certain items and they can't have any convictions for drug or alcohol related incidents.I don't want my hard earned money going up someones' nose.

The neighborhood directly to the east on Van Buren and Everest are full of generational families consisting of thieves and drug addicts.

Broker-dealers have historically avoided the part of the industry currently being served by the platforms as well because it is extremely hard to make any money there with all of the regulatory burdens absent some sort of RIA co-investment type model that is supplemented by other sources of revenue.  

Hi,I have a house in CA had been break-in twice in past 1.5 years, since the bushes in the front of the house was tall, CA let many prisoners/drug addicts out on the street due to over crowed jail, the city do not have enough polices.Just one month after my new tenants moved in, the house was break-in again, though the bushes are cut down, I pay some costs for the new tenant to set up camera, signs etc, now they said that I dis not disclosed past break-in to them, and they demand me to pay for ADT, Comcast service, which can be expensive and need long term contract.My questions are:1.

No... these were the drug dealing nightmare renters, and they were popping up all around us.We decided it was time to move.

This reminds me of the screwy old method car dealers used to use before the truth in lending practices were put in place.

I've talked with my lawyer about this and he suggested I also discuss this with my accountant to determine the best method to orchestrate this from a tax perspective.My accountant suggested that the properties held individually in LLCs elect to be taxed as an S corp, because of possible self employment tax, to which I replied "Isn't rental income (passive income since I'm not a real estate dealer) excluded from the self employment tax?

You need to be familiar with your position as an investor or dealer and the SAFE Act laws, national and state.

There are many other areas of California where prices are still affordable but they have high unemployment, crime, drug use, etc. since AB 109 and Prop 47. 

It's not the SEC so much, but can be, as it is mortgage brokerage requirements and the exception for dealers as buying for their own investment using their money.