We also coached him on using trusts to do pass through closings.

One guy in OH was shut down and fined because he was using a trust system to match sellers with end buyers.

Over time the LLC might be able to borrow in its name but most lenders will still want to know the credit background of any LLC members who have a significant share.If you are married or have a family member who you trust and who is not also under the IRS liens you can do deals in their name.

However, you should absolutely get the the deed transferred into a land trust and file the deed(land trust does not get filed).

If that is not an option, another technique is to place your offer in a Land Trust (call it the address Land Trust) with you as the Trustee and your company as the Beneficiary.After you hae the property under contract, you sell the Beneficial Interest in the Trust as your profit.

My name is Frank Blau and I'm an account executive for Pinecrest National Funding, LLC.

I thought I read a CNN piece a 6-10 months ago and they were saying National average of SF home appreciation over the last 30-40 yrs was 6%.I guess that might be a good "general" rule of thumb to use when trying to project.

The tax is UBIT - unrelated business income tax, and is applied at the trust rates.

Since you can't tell, you can't trust any of them.There are some old threads on ways to figure out ARV.

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