As I'm looking for deals as a new investor, a lot of houses that at least superficially meet my criteria are being offered at public auction.

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Could be listed as a BR but public records could say otherwise. 

It's public record once a property is in foreclosure.

In our case here therewould be a copyright with the Board, but they are not going to go out and seek issues with the public, especially when that party may very well use a Realtor, so who would bark at them.That's my hunch on the matter, if it were me, I'd use the basic form as required.

., "we buy houses" signs and ads), search for prospects in the public records (out of town owners, houses acquired through estates) or otherwise find properties that can be acquired from a motivated seller.

If life get's in the way and you don't treat each and every unrelated entity as an unrelated entity, you can loose the unrelated concept and they might be able to pierce the shell.As Will pointed out, using the manager LLC to collect and be the public brand is fine.

I agree Steve introduced me to the land investing niche (and have publicly written about that), but I don't think its accurate to say I was his student.  

I'm not sure how the law applies to single-family cabins, but I'm pretty sure the hot-tub isn't classified as public, so the law requiring sound-activation in the hot-tub doesn't apply.Any info would be appreciated.

@Sean Ploskina - I never talk bad about a person or company unless I feel there is a risk to the public and I know the facts personally.