It's anyone's guess whether the current administration's tax reform will retain the preferred tax rates for long term capital gains.

We realized an immediate profit of $2,242 on the sale of the note AND retained the right to receive 120 monthly payments of $1,096.96 each commencing in 15 ½ years.To recap: • Payments bought: 306 • Payments sold: 186 • Payments retained: 120Money was made at closing but even better, we retained the rights to a future residual income stream totaling over $130,000 ($1,096 x 120).Fast forward 12 years and the note paid off early.

It is their compliance department that needs to retain such records and provide reporting on form 5498.For most investors, the value is just that, a number with little real meaning. 

When a tenant is evicted, the landlord must give the tenant a reasonable amount of time to remove all belongings; the landlord may not retain the tenant’s personal belongings or furniture (RPAPL §749; Real Property Law § 235).

I ended up retaining Lexington Law.

Thanks, Dan DietzIn your situation, I recommend you retain 100% ownership of the LLC and the property, and your partner takes the position of a lender with a lien against the property.

That is when retaining an attorney who know's their stuff and can back them up I think is a must.

Talk about what you are learning, it'll help you retain the material.

Pay a lawyer a $1,500 retainer to handle the Unlawful Detainer Action.2. 

This is like hiring law enforcement officers to focus on solely drivers who forget to use a turn signal instead of dealing with those driving drunk/running red lights/selling drugs/etc and making me pay for that cop to sit and watch me and make sure that i use my turn signal (or else).10.