We had a client at my previous firm that came in and filed bankruptcy and the time stamp on the filing was 3 minutes before the sheriff sale was conducted and the judge overturned the sale.

It's having a code of conduct, and it includes good customer service and fixing things that need to be fixed; taking responsibility.Other than that, I think it's the small kindnesses that allow me to continue to enjoy property management.

Plan is to form Series LLC in Texas and Foreign Entity conducting business in New York.

Also, when conducting due diligence, is there anything that sellers often try to conceal that I should be on the lookout for?

Review your video if you start to see a lot of drug activity call the narcotic section ask if they want the video or make copies give it to the CAPS office tell them you would love to allow them to use any vacant apartment to conduct drug surveillance so they can build a long term investigation.

It's also the reason large corporations are choosing to conduct business overseas.

Harb What I meant by "threshold" is not a dollar amount... but a conduct threshold.

If you own mid to large sized MF's in college towns, on-site security may be an important consideration for various reasons, like assaults, sexual assaults, disorderly conduct, etc.

As mentioned above, there are free sites that you could take advantage of which can be helpful, but I would highly recommend conducting a criminal background check through a local law enforcement agency.Good Luck! 

This is why relationships are critical in syndications and not as much when investing in a typical mutual fund/ETF portfolio.Don't mistake a rising tide - the RE market being up for 9 years - for operational intelligence. not directed toward @omar khan, but just to leave here as information a post I made in a thread a month ago that is appropriate here:when I first started researching investing in syndications, one of the first web pages I found was this:http://www.nasaa.org/22284/informed-investor-alert-private-placement-offerings/ Private Placements and the Risk of FraudEntities raising capital through private placements often have a limited operating history and typically have more modest revenue streams than larger companies.Because private placement offerings made in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D are not reviewed by regulators, they have become a haven for fraud.According to the most recent enforcement statistics from the North American Securities Administrators Association, private placement offerings are the most frequent source of enforcement cases conducted by state securities regulators.