Welcome to BP Nation @Cynthia Scott There are a ton of Baltimore investors here on the forum.

I'm looking to get out of the corporate world, and focus on building my own wealth.

I spent too many years in the 8-5 corporate finance rat race.

I had a good paying corporate job that I didn't really enjoy and I wanted to quit and do real estate full-time.

Yes, every contractor who earned over $600 and doesn't operate under a corporation must receive a 1099 (to be safe, I send them to EVERY contractor).They are supposed to be mailed by January 31 of each year.Your accountant isn't lying to you... :-)

Unfortunately, they didn't have flood insurance because at the time the community was not part of the national flood insurance program or something like that and the chance of flooding was considered very, very rare - not 7' worth in the basement!

What made me a little alarmed was the minimal disclosure - the broker was representing himself as only the broker for a client who was a corporation - not specifically disclosing that he was associated with the corporation.The letter made it seem like the broker had an arms length client who was interested in the building, but the client was listed as "[Corporation], et al." with "address on file" - basically giving minimal information.Has anyone ever sent a partially executed purchase offer to someone, cold?

I can't tell you how many times I've had to walk banks through the process.My other experience is that local banks are usually easier to work with than national banks.

On top of that, Dallas has some of the highest property taxes and homeowners insurance rates in the nation.

If landlords gave up and only corporations were renting, tenants would have it much worse than they think.