We like beginning of the week/morning hours settlements this way if I the lander was to act dishonestly (it happened twice in 16 years both from brokered mortgages) than I can threaten to walk out of the settlement wait in my car, and the Attorney still have enough time to contact the Mortgage processor folks and fix the "little surprise extra points or interest increases" that suddenly showed up from nowhere.Disclaimer: when I had to make a little noise and walked out of the settlement , my settlement attorney or clerk had to call and fax for an hour to get me to sign the documents so knowing that it was not their fault, I gave the attorney a check for a few hundred dollar for their time.

I'm sure you will be surprised by the response you get from your neighbors, for free.  

Then I gotta agree with the poster that said you mite be surprised at how little you can purchase.

Once you make your surprise call informing escrow of the loan, the money will already be there.

You might be surprised to find it is actually in the double digits.

I have told everyone who will listen, but keep in mind I am a buy and hold investor/landlord.I was surprised how supportive the majority of people are with concern to real estate.

I've been surprised at what some of the rents are around K&A.  

you must keep in mind that there are a ton of expenses you have not accounted for in your pro forma and you will find an unpleasant surprise down the road.

I'm surprised that there is the sentiment that the agents need to be compensated for work that didn't result in a commission by the consumers that DID come through.Sure it totally sucks for a buyers agent that walks around 100 houses with a PITA client and then they don't even buy a house.

And since he is not flipping, well, let's just pound that nail home with our shinny pass-through hammer.From what he has described here, I'd be very surprised if a competent tax planner or attorney would recommend an LLC as the only thing he needs to add to his overall strategy if he really needs the protection he thinks he needs.Bill, I think you need a new hammer.