As always, I'm trying to learn new investing techniques and right now I'm looking to learn about wholesaling.

I encourage you to embrace his technique

Enjoying the process of what you do (I love real estate investing) and a genuine interest in continually learning more and continually doing what already works well and practicing new skills and techniques is my own motivation - not someone else's.

Does LegalZoom allow you to tailor the Operating Agreement to your needs or does it give you a boilerplate agreeement?

That can be a simple balance sheet for you.Maybe Charles can school us all on some simple accounting techniques for keeping a better balance sheet and/or PFS.

For reference, my wife says this technique is called "stomping".

The most common kinds of nonprobate property are:Property held in joint tenancy by more than one person—for example, a house owned by a couple, or a bank account shared by more than one personAssets for which the person designated a beneficiary—for example, a POD bank account, a retirement account, or life insurance proceedsAssets held in a living trustFor a look at common probate-avoidance techniques, see our articles on “How to Avoid Probate.”When the deceased person leaves very little behind, this process lets someone who paid for the person’s final expenses—the funeral and expenses of the last illness—be reimbursed from the assets of the estate.

We are half agent, with rogue marketing and techniques, but investors love to get discounted properties!

These techniques don't work for every profession, in every location.

But the techniques and strategies are the same as finding a property in your own backyard so why not start there?