I prefer to control my own destiny."

HOA's on the other hand are out of control.

This affords the best isolation and asset protections ("Control everything, own nothing"), but still requires full insurance for maximum protection.One way of doing that is to have a revocable trust with you as the beneficiary.

@Ismael Souley I control over 100 units in the Indianapolis area, I haven't looked at PA but Ohio I have several connections and pretty solid there too I believe, you can definitely find what you are looking for per your description in Indy, multi-family C class for under $75k.  

Having a good opening line/topic always makes me feel more confident because if I can't control the entire conversation, at least I know how to start it.

The agent has no control over this, and can't predict when they'll do these kinds of things.  

@Jonathan ThompsonAnother item to keep in mind is that all of your self employment income from all sources can be aggregated for purposes of contributing to the Solo 401k.Here is an except from an article written by Calcpa.orgWhen a self-employed individual maintains more than one trade or business, the questionarises as to whether the limit is based on the sum of earned income or loss from all trades orbusinesses under common control [as defined in IRC 414( c)) as modified by IRC 415(h)], or ifonly the trade or business maintaining the plan being tested is used.For purposes of the IRC 415limit, earned income for the self-employed individual is based on the sum of the earned incomefrom all the controlled trades or businesses, regardless of whether the related employer maintainsa qualified plan [Reg. 1.415-2(d)(6)].EXAMPLE: Andy, a sole proprietor, operates a law practice as a sole proprietorand has $100,000 of self-employment income from such practice for 2008 (prior tothe reduction for one-half of self-employment tax).

The income from the child LLCs can be reported on the return for the parent LLC on a Schedule-7, no need to file individual business returns for the child LLCsFor context, my specific situation is the following (and what I described to the agent to get the above answer): I am a CA resident, so I'm doing business in state by virtue of living here and then being in control of / making decisions pertaining to businesses registered in other states.

Because the buyer has poor financial discipline which is why they can't qualify through a bank.If you have good financial discipline but just have bad credit due to unfortunate events outside of your control (e.g. medical issues) then my recommendation is to work hard to recover your credit and save up the funds necessary to purchase.I'm using seller-financing right now to purchase six apartments but it's because the terms are more favorable to me and the seller, not because I can't qualify through a traditional lender.

I guess it was pretty ignorant to say that as such a sure thing, but I do stick with my guns on controlled marketing.