There are lots of Joint Venture programs out there; Dani Beit with Simply do it and John Majalca with www.texascashflow.com; just do your homework in getting investor references (not the people who work for them like lenders or title companies), check them out if they say they are realtors (check license), google their name, phone and emails (make sure they are not scam reports about them.

And because I called her, she reported me to FHA or whoever oversees that!  

Too early to report significant successes, but a few calls have come in and I have one promising lead.

As a landlord you are able to obtain credit reports, nationwide criminal, nationwide eviction, along with a bunch of other reports (sex offender, county level criminal, etc).  

The mortgage shows up on my credit report as $0, but there is still a lien on the property.

The DEC office is a good place to contact as they may have info on existing well depth and septic issues, as well as engineer's reports on specific subdivisions.

In the event an applicant is rejected and reports me for an FHA violation I can prove I didn't even know the person was a convict, etc.If an applicant makes it this far and then a background check turns over a criminal history I will have to manually see if this history conflicts with having a legitimate and substantial effect on the community (e.g. a sex offender in an MHP full of families with little children is a non-starter for me).

Danger.A few years behind the likes of Demographia, the Economist and the IMF, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has decided to sound it's first Red Alert.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/the-mar...http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cmhc-red-warning-h...and the opinion piece which pre-announced the revelation:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/...When Polloz is compelled to raise interest rates to follow a rate increase south of the 49th, things will become interesting.

It reports as a normal credit card and boosted my credit over 50 points. 

That determines which types of tax forms will be filled out to report the profit on the transaction.