Utility law is outside my area of expertise, but I do understand what being in the business of doing something is, I do know that brokering utility serves is a regulated activity, providing utility services for a profit puts you in the shoes of a utility provider, regardless of the scale of your business may be.   

If there are bare spots, use a rustoleum white primer, let it dry and finish with white finish paint from the same manufacturer.

But the economies of scale and having an onsite manager are helpful with my multi family in terms of convenience.

And it makes sense, as many everyday items for a small scale landlord like me are above $500 (common example: the stacked washer and dryers in most of my units are above $500, but are below $2,500)...

I'm looking specifically for one that isn't too complicated, can help us scale, and is easy to integrate with Carrot.

—The term ‘mortgage originator’— ‘‘(A) means any person who, for direct or indirect compensation or gain, or in the expectation of direct or indirect compensation or gain— ‘‘(i) takes a residential mortgage loan application; ‘‘(ii) assists a consumer in obtaining or applying to obtain a residential mortgage loan; or ‘‘(iii) offers or negotiates terms of a residential mortgage loan; ‘‘(B) includes any person who represents to the public, through advertising or other means of communicating or providing information (including the use of business cards, stationery, brochures, signs, rate lists, or other promotional items), that such person can or will provide any of the services or perform any of the activities described in subparagraph (A); ‘‘(C) does not include any person who is (i) not otherwise described in subparagraph (A) or (B) and who performs purely administrative or clerical tasks on behalf of a person who is described in any such subparagraph, or (ii) an employee of a retailer of manufactured homes who is not described in clause (i) or (iii) of subparagraph (A) and who does not advise a consumer on loan terms (including rates, fees, and other costs); ‘‘(D) does not include a person or entity that only performs real estate brokerage activities and is licensed or registered in accordance with applicable State law, unless such person or entity is compensated by a lender,a mortgage broker, or other mortgage originator or by any agent of such lender, mortgage broker, or other mortgage originator; ‘‘(E) does not include, with respect to a residential mortgage loan, a person, estate, or trust that provides mortgage financing for the sale of 3 properties in any 12-month period to purchasers of such properties, each of which is owned by such person, estate, or trust and serves as security for the loan, provided that such loan— ‘‘(i) is not made by a person, estate, or trust that has constructed, or acted as a contractor for the construction of, a residence on the property in the ordinary course of business of such person, estate, or trust; ‘‘(ii) is fully amortizing; VerDate Nov 24 2008 22:28 Sep 03, 2010 Jkt 089139 PO 00203 Frm 00763 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL203.111 PUBL203anorris on DSK5R6SHH1PROD with PUBLIC LAWS 5 124 STAT. 2138 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 ‘‘(iii) is with respect to a sale for which the seller determines in good faith and documents that the buyer has a reasonable ability to repay the loan; ‘‘(iv) has a fixed rate or an adjustable rate that is adjustable after 5 or more years, subject to reasonable annual and lifetime limitations on interest rate increases; and ‘‘(v) meets any other criteria the Board may prescribe; ‘‘(F) does not include the creditor (except the creditor in a table-funded transaction) under paragraph (1), (2),or (4) of section 129B(c); and ‘‘(G) does not include a servicer or servicer employees, agents and contractors, including but not limited to those who offer or negotiate terms of a residential mortgage loan for purposes of renegotiating, modifying, replacing and subordinating principal of existing mortgages where borrowers are behind in their payments, in default or have a reasonable likelihood of being in default or falling behind. ‘‘(3) NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE LICENSING SYSTEM AND REGISTRY.

So I think this is entirely manufactured to serve her interests.She is a paralegal; as has been noted it is never a good idea to rent to lawyers or paralegals.

Obviously if the plan is to scale, or build a company, the investor eventually won't have time to do that anyways.

@Craig Jennings,Knowledge is key to enduring success.As a safeguard, I would recommend you first develop a history of experience in the various segments of manufactured homes.

but the problem with this is there is mold everywhere, and here in california there are no standards for what an aaceptable level of mold is, so they give you back a report stating something like there is "staccyboccious" (spelling off) and its level is 2 out of 7, or whatever the scale they use.