But you're not going to get people to give you 100% of the down payment and operating cash and let you retain, say, 50% ownership.And, syndication involve a non-trivial amount of legal work.

But bottomline is if it's too much trouble using bandit signs, there are far more effective, legal and convenient ways to do your marketing.Hope this helps. :)

My question is: is it legal to charge me 2 months additional rent if the unit is re-rented within 2 weeks of me leaving?

Can I legally claim it as personal income instead of income that went through my business?

You can still collect if their is damage but they could refuse and you would have to file legal action.

Usual disclaimers - I'm not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, YMMV, etc...

You did not have a contract on it, so you had no legal interest in this deal.

The account he stole from is registered to my legally incorporated corporation.The 2 checks were:1.

On the other hand, how muchmoney/time/effort does it take to deal with any legal matters associated with having lease contract drawn up, screening tenants, etc?

So, I can legally advertise that I'm a home inspector in the state of Georgia without ANY consequence whatsoever.Back to the OPs point -- if he were in my state, he could write up an inspection report and hand it to the seller, and it would be perfectly legal.