Still, I'd be familiar with the protecting tenants at foreclosure act that was rekindled last year, for Federal rule guidance and then of course, your local or state rules as well.

It’s widely accepted that real estate is America’s best tax shelter, but when you consider its other benefits (income, control over investment, forced appreciation, the ability to leverage, and protection from inflation), it’s easy to understand why real estate is also America’s best investment, and your best path to that most sought-after lifestyle…Freedom.Ian Parrish

If you have the credit score, income documents and the right DTI, I don't think you will get a better rate anywhere else.Just protect yourself and put an extension on the contract.

If they have a podcast, share it, comment, like, and get more eyes on it.

How do you protect your clients from Fair Housing Claims?

I'm thinking I need to find someone to partner with who has some experience to help protect against losing somebody's investment money.For my first deal, I'm looking in the South-East and for approximately a 6-12 unit apartment to start building my reputation and track record. 

When it comes to establishing a partnership and creating liability protection I can lay out a "functional" option that works and an "ideal" option that often costs more, but also provides more security.Functionally you can use the current LLC and have an attorney draft up an operational agreement that lines up the desired roles of the partners and how they get paid out.

If you provide the appraiser with that data, then they protect themselves and everybody is generally happy.

Specifically, I have had my eye on countries in Latin America (ex: Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico), which combine low real estate costs with reasonable rents (which makes for good cap rates) and a low cost of living.

Learning about RE has been eye opening for me and everyone has brought up very good points.