I would truly affix the home to the property so an appraiser would recognize the value of the addition. 

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Or did she think the new investor would be too stupid to recognize it as bad advice?

I recognize this thread is a couple years old, however I have the same question.

I like to address issues immediately- I recognize this won't always be possible, but them knowing that problems get fixed quick is a good thing.

As far as the different ways to process the revenue, creating an invoice and processing a payment will track (show in the customer transaction details) which customer paid and who hasn't and when you run P&L report in accrual, income will be recognized at the date of the invoice, cash basis recognized at the date of payment.

However, I'm not marketing myself as "one of the most highly recognized and revered names in real estate investment industry today."

The policy should be a non-recognition policy (they still pay interest and dividends based on your cash value amount and don't recognize any loans you have out on the policy when making these), and a mutual company would (most likely) be best since the dividends won't be taxed, and can still be reinvested into the policy.As for the mutual funds - that's more along the lines of a variable product and there are more fees and risk than an indexed policy, plus it's difficult to consistently beat the index.  

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