It's also good business to try to contract with others from each one to show them as going concerns and not affiliates.

There are also two systems for adminstration, one throgh a PHA and the other can be through non-profit affiliate adminstrators.

When it comes to getting rid of neighborhood drug dealers or unsavory activity that affects your investment, I like Rule #15: Always work as a team.For various (often silly) reasons, we shy way from working with neighboring landlords and property owners.

And another was affiliated with the public housing authority, each having seperate but yet similar missions, to provide safe, affordable housing.

If you setup a registered fund, the company as one of the owners of the fund can market the product via you or an employee or you can higher a Broker/Dealer to market the fund which will cost you some money or both.

No affiliation here, I saw this product on DIY's I Want That show last night:http://marketplace.diynetwork.com/Product.aspx?

Local phone number and local broker affiliation would help that small town feel.

Looks like we need more yacht dealers to reduce the number of distressed homes out there.

Alex: Pointer #1: Do not try to jump in alone - hook up with a local "Lonnie Dealer" and learn the ropes from them.

Maybe I should say, all types of collateral aren't necessarily viewed the same way in the eyes of the legal system.Many people (lawyers, note buyers, note holders) in NC, for instance, don't know about regulated "installment paper dealers" (in http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-83.html as regulated by NCGS 105-83).