No doubt the change was pushed by the industry purportedly to help consumers but actually to limit competition and further monopolize the MLS.

Each brokerage i have spoken at and worked with has purported the same lie to agents, telling the newer agents to start with investors because it's "easy", a quick "simple" way to get some clients and commissions going.

This is a direct quote from PRnewswire: ‘The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the algorithm used by the Company to make offers for homes could not accurately adjust to changing house prices across different market conditions and economic cycles; (2) as a result, the Company was at an increased risk of sustaining significant and repeated losses due to residential real estate pricing fluctuations; (3) accordingly, Defendants overstated the purported benefits and competitive advantages of the algorithm; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.’

@Scott Kays Another advantage of using land trusts - they give you a layer of anonymity (not liability protection) that works great with the LLC (which gives you the liability protection), and keeps your name out of the public records (supposedly, you still have to be careful, e.g. with the title mistakenly recording the trust documents too).As I mentioned, be careful when choosing to use a Quit Claim Deed - to maintain your title chain, you have to do it through a more expensive Warranty Deed (which might be another reason to use land trust, just check how they work together):A person receiving a purported real estate interest via a quitclaim deed may receive no legal right to the property whatsoever.

., as I'm certainly not purporting to give you any "legal advise."

More likely another investor might show up with a purported heir.Re: “I couldn't find anything that allowed mechanic's lien holders to advance funds to pay property taxes or bring senior liens current.

Because if it is, you haven't spent enough time at the recorder's office yet.I have been in situations where a check with my real estate agent of the MLS property details (which purports to show lien history of a property) didn't show a first mortgage that had been recorded but not entered into the MLS database.

The certificate program offered by your school purports to meet the requirements such that they would allow you to sit for the real estate exam.

The property was supposed to be recently rehabbed but I learned after purchase it was purportedly rehabbed 3 yrs previous.

They offer leases, purportedly specific to each state, but don't give any advice.