With retail you have mom and pop, regional, and national tenants.Often mom and pop tenants can't afford attorney representation so try to do things on their own to negotiate a lease.Owners could try to write anything into a lease but doesn't not mean it is legal or enforceable.

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An LLC is a legal entity that has nothing to do with taxes.Your LLC per se is non existent for the IRS.

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I could do this with a SFR or a multi family unit up to 4 units, and rent out the other 3.It seems very difficult to find a good multi home, as they are all snatched up quickly...So I guess my question is:Are their any legalities associated with this?

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The alternative is a nice big rent hike at the limit of legal acceptability, like 10%, and the explicit threat of keeping them coming.

@Dhruv Anand you would need to form your own fund or “sub-syndication”, which does require going through the usual legal process.

If I look to get a loan from private lender how can I screen him to check if he is doing it legally❓And how to secure myself against loosing any upfront fees if this become a scam❓ By putting it on escrow❓Any advise😎✔️❓