How do you find deals like this one in SoCal that don't involve the use of physical force lool?!?

There's just 1 hard money loan I'm trying to figure out how to structure to protect my cash deposit...

I'm willing to guess that the bulk of your fee was not so much in tax prep (although it could have been), but was mostly "cleaning up my books".Cleaning up the mistakes in a QuickBooks file can easily add several hundred dollars to your year end bill.My fee structure is like this (and is similar to many CPAs in my area who are also self employed and work out of their homes.  

My profession is physical therapy and although it has served me adequately these past 15 years,  I am tired of working for large corporations.

I will work those fees into the management structure since I will have to bring in new management.

I'm just getting into Real Estate Investing, and want to get a proper background on the terminology, the lingo, and just get a feel for everything so I can choose my path.I was thinking about buying books, online courses, in person courses, and of course these Podcasts.Just wanted your opinion, what would be the most structured way of getting a Real Estate education.

On the rentals, it probably depends if there is a rehab needed (for BRRRR) and I'd also think about having your friend partner doing the loan financing in his name.I found a structure that works great for us.

If you ever are sued for discrimination for any reason I think your comments here would be easy to find and evidence that you have a history of discrimination based on physical characteristics.  

But you'll have to check with some legal counsel to be sure.If you do end up pushing them out, you can always do the same thing again, but structure it as a Lease Option, with NROC (non-refundable option consideration) instead of a down payment.  

In one instance one of my peeps and I figured out that the way we should structure it is that he paid down the (smallest) mortgage on property #5 just to stay Fannie, then the second those 3 simultaneous cash out refis closed (one didn't have enough equity to make it worth paying the closing costs), we cash'd out #5.