I'm a teacher, and she works for a mortgage company.

I also have a local management company that allows my tenants to pay in person which is very helpful   

I know he has been looking for some networking in Richmond.We have a Chicago-based GC-tech (general contracting technology) company but expanding into Richmond.

Tough one - have you chatted with the title company to confirm they're going to issue clear title with the proposed easement?

Make sure you are working with an escrow/title company what is used to working on assignment scenarios.

However, we found that by leveraging a local property management company and trusted professionals in the area, we were able to successfully manage our properties and generate a steady stream of income.Keeping the property as a rental can have its advantages, especially when the property is in an area experiencing significant price appreciation.

Question to the apartment owners, management companies, single family portfolio investors and the like.Would installing solar panels on your income producing assets make sense if there was no upfront installation cost and you could "bill" the customer for electricity that the sun produces for each property?

I recently talked to a tax preparer that claims I should keep the properties in my name then use the LLC as a management company.

This is not to say an experienced sponsor has bad deals, they will, but an investor typically will not only get 100% wiped out but if the company also took bonus depreciation the LP's will also have to pay that money back to the IRS, so its a double whammy (not an accountant but one may be able to chime in more on this).If you are a LP and invested in a syndication that has bridge debt, I strongly recommend you watch it very closely.

“There is concern that in stressful market conditions we could see the failure of [these lenders]…this has become very significant in the mortgage market.”And if rates, drop fast this actually could spell disaster for these mortgage companies.