Vanessa I can help translate if you haven't found anybody.

Always difficult to directly translate to value but I think it  is worth it.Also agree with other responses that I would avoid late/non-payers as well as those that are pains in the back side (for me only 2 out of 44). 

If the corporation is simply an "alter ego" for the person, a court may "pierce the corporate veil" and find individual liability.  

So what you think looks okay in real life does not always translate onto "film".

Things like tax sales and mobile homes...didn't translate as well.My local market (Scranton PA) is a good one, because i can generate 15-22% cap rates in my sleep, allowing me to split profits with them and therefore do no-fee investing.  

If you are gutting kitchens & bathrooms, opening up walls, altering the floorplan, relocating or otherwise upgrading plumbing and electric, and then the plan is to immediately flip the property and you don't wish to get sued into oblivion after the sale if anything should go wrong, then yes, pull permits and used a licensed, bonded general contractor.If on the other hand this is your personal residence and you just want to paint, change some trim and flooring, and freshen up the bathrooms and kitchen without gutting or moving stuff around, then you may be ok without permits.There are many shades of gray between those scenarios too ...

I have a desire to work with and for others which I feel can translate very well into the real estate investment market.

I swore off the Big Banks in 2009 when, as a Chase mortgage customer looking to move to Georgia for a job relocation and looking into a new mortgage loan, was told by Chase "Oh, why don't you call Quicken Loans" (Translation: Drop Dead).  

Has the ability to alter your numbers depending on what changes.

Plus, if it's in the county - translate rural, there is generally no code enforcement, permitting or inspection.With that said, if you're dealing with a flat roof, or even a section of the roof, there's no asphalt shingle that should have ever been applied to it.