I am a firm believer that confidence comes from competence and organization. right now i need the later to fall into place as a framework to build competence around

He started of small, pocketing client settlements by not informing them instead of only contingency fees, such as in Daniels case. then the schemes get larger and larger.

Providing a bundled utility (electrical or communications) with the rent of a unit does not constitute "knowingly enabling" criminal activity ... if it did, you would see very different behaviour from the hotel industry.It is possible that, in the land where spilling coffee on your lap nets you a milling dollar civil settlement, there may be a level of {frivolous?}

Generally at settlement or the application process you will have to sign something about where the money comes from and whether there are any side deals the bank should know about.I am not going to sign anything that can send me to jail for bank fraud.

Dear Fellow Investors,I paid $ 600 for a letter from a structural engineer to tell me that a particular crack in the basement wall was NOT a structural crack but simply a typical settlement crack.The above was done because I am a licensed RE Broker, licensed Home improvement contractor, but I wanted an expert opinion from a professional who had a "higher" grade of license than I did.

Show enough down that pays the commissions and settlement costs!

Settlement attorneys and appraisers charge for their services too.$18,000 year in rentsOffset the rent with $2,400 year for taxes and insurance (in your market) and yearly payment total of $8500 on an interest only loan that does nothing to reduce the principal balance.Most properties require some sort of maintenance. 

These investments benefit not only the taxpayers making the like-kind exchanges, but also generate jobs and taxable revenue for unrelated businesses upstream and downstream from the exchange transaction, such as real estate brokers, title and property insurers, escrow / settlement agents, lenders, appraisers, surveyors, attorneys, inspectors, contractors, building supply vendors and more. 

Look at your settlement and truth in lending statements and learn how to do some of those high cost tasks.

If you have a relative in FL, they could be your registered agent or even the attoney that you use for settlements in FL.