Daren, or moderator,As a paying member, it would be nice if the website platform allowed for a differentiation of networking and solicitation. Sometimes the best relationships are begun with questions, that would not ...

I'm willing to trade my time and resources for conversations and advice.

A great guy too.I wrote an article called - "The 4 Legged Stool - Your REI Business Plan" here in my BP blog http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3/blog_posts/39...your business structure is a tax and legal conversation.  

Here are a few recommendations for you:Find and connect with other BP members that are in your area: http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsIf you wish to tag someone in the conversation on the forum, type @ followed by their name and then select that person below.

This conversation was an eye opener for me because I never realized how overlooked this very cheap and easy step is by the vast majority of real estate investors.  

Again, talk with your accountant (maybe a lawyer too) but...One of the biggest challenges I think a lot of 'full time conversion' REIers face is 'how to pay myself in a way that isn't self-employment' ... it becomes a huge deal when you're doing silly little things like, say, getting a cell phone, or a car loan, or a mortgage, or lines of credit... or a credit card...This is where it pays to spend the time and money to set up your LLC/C-Corp/S-Corp correctly so that you can pay yourself on a W2 or through an S-Corp and not have the problems/taxes associated with a 1099.

I was not witness to the original conversation that happened with the tenant and my husband.

I ended up working with Dylan over the next four weeks to finalize a complete kitchen remodel, the conversion of a bedroom to a master bath suite, and a laundry room remodel.

If you haven't yet- be sure to setup some "Keyword Alerts" to get into conversation in your target area.Seeya around!

Also, although thousands of apartments were completed over the past two years, rental inventory remains less than the level prior to the conversion boom, when the metro also had 120,000 fewer households.The surge in apartment construction is also providing an outlet for some of the equity pursuing acquisitions in the metro.