(Both frequently end badly for the person doing them.)There's a 10% tax penalty.* Awful.Withdrawals are taxed at ordinary income rates, as if you earned that amount of money in that year.* Double awful.

You could also contact Ryan Martin at First American title as he puts the list together frequently.

5) Any issues with frequent rollovers into or out of the account?

zit think you need to identify the threats and mitigate the risks of those threats to your satisfaction.Bank personnel are unlikely to be trying to pull any clever maneuvers however I used to frequently run into a guy at a local sushi bar.

We deal with bats here frequently.

I am not keen on NPN personally . read the article you mentioned,   Don who wrote it is a frequent poster on BP and one that I highly regard. 

After 45 - 60 days, and presumably making some improvements to the property, you can refinance the property - if you stay with the same lender, you can likely use the same appraisal as it would still be considered current.The "seasoning" period you read about so frequently amongst our neighbours to the south is not something that is universally applied amongst lender here in Canada.  

when I first started researching investing in syndications, one of the first web pages I found was this:http://www.nasaa.org/22284/informed-investor-alert-private-placement-offerings/ Private Placements and the Risk of FraudEntities raising capital through private placements often have a limited operating history and typically have more modest revenue streams than larger companies.Because private placement offerings made in reliance on Rule 506 of Regulation D are not reviewed by regulators, they have become a haven for fraud.According to the most recent enforcement statistics from the North American Securities Administrators Association, private placement offerings are the most frequent source of enforcement cases conducted by state securities regulators.

But that doesn't really answer my question of what implications does this have if I want to look up property tax records (something I frequently hear recommended on the podcast...)

I frequently see people post that they are waiting for a downturn to buy.