This allows you to move your properties using the Land Trust procedures.Transferability of Title: Holding your properties in a Land Trust creates one of the greatest benefits, and that is to Easily Transfer your interest.

It can easily lead to serious problems.

It's a lot easier to lose a $65 stove than a $400 stove!

I am living with a roommate and assume we pay equal rent.Lately i've been reading some other threads and started doing the math using some of MikeOH's calculations and realized i might be losing money, especially now that my assessments went up and they levied another 3 years of special assessments.basically gross rents are about 18,000 (1500 per month)expenses: 9,000NOI: 9,000Debt Service: 9600 (800 per month)So if I used these calculations just to analyze the deal, I should have known right away I was going to negative cashflow.

Since I'm a new investor, I'm obviously trying to figure out as many ways as possible to not lose deals.

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This property will lose about $280 per month.

Otherwise you're paying extra for what could be done more easily directly with the brokerage company.But, this is really a different thing than setting up these checkbook control companies.

The unstated message is the LLC has fewer assets to lose in a suit.

Prices are high, quality is frequently low, contractors don't take ANY interest in the properties, so you lose "eyes and ears", they work on their schedule, and on and on.