Alternatively to setup a Nevada LLC to be used as an umbrella corp to setup the Tennessee LLC so that even if the CFTB did find out about an entity I could register the Nevada entity to "do business in California" and just pay the $800 fee for the one entity.The California based tax adviser pointed out the Federal IRS is sharing filing information with the states now.

The installer's "helper" brought the roll of linoleum into the apartment and threw it down on the floor - after it had been sitting on the truck for a few hours at -20C.  

OK  If you dont have 700+ credit and can not get some unsecured loans/cards to flip at a much smaller unsecured rate/payment then use hard money, if the alternative is to sit at your day job wishing you were not there. 

But take a different example, say you're a commercial truck driver making $40K a year.

@Anja Wehrmann  going to throw you a curve ball.with the new crowd funding rules to so be here... maybe short term debt deals with the top crowd funding shops  were you can make 9 to 12% would be an alternative to taking the risk in actually owning A rental

I specialize in SBA and Alternative Commercial Loans.

There are over 40 Different ancillary income streams in the Self-Storage Industry - Truck Rental, Selling locks, boxes, and moving supplies, lighting, shelving, records storage, pack n ship, ebay.....  

so it begins....i could foresee the future with this one right from the moment i stepped off the truck to see the house for the first time 2 months ago.the "tenants" have been dropping hints of "cancer, surgery, toddler issues, paychecks, etc" and finally didn't pay rent for the month of July.

Alternatively, explore the myriad of real estate crowdfunding platforms, and invest in several of the properties offered there, from SFRs in Dallas to huge student housing developments in California, to Class A office space in Manhattan.

TravisUse your broker to list the property this is a good alternative, most brokers would be happy to keep the deal in house and if the escrow and negotiations are in house why would they not Jim