Like personal credit, there are several factors involved there.

Finding a partner will be difficult, but If the property/deal is right, I'm sure there will be people lined up to get involved.

If a realtor is involved, it will be safer, and I suggest running a title check on it, but you don't have to have one, and they cost money.

You benefit by having a far less involved management and maintenance problem, motivated occupant, far less issue with "rent" being late, and if you do it right, you can duplicate this cookie cutter anywhere and make big bucks. 8)The way I learned how to do this: www.landtrust.netI became a member of the NARS system and for me, it takes away most of the problems you find with renting the traditional way.

With regards to severing the agreement earlier than 30 days or not; it probably isn't worth the potential disagreement over one month's management fees, and absolutely isn't worth it if you end up needing to involve a lawyer to settle any dispute.

We love people who get involved in the discussion, and would welcome your input.

If you want to hide the identity of the true owners, there are ways to do this using trusts, but it requires the involvement of several people--you cannot be both the trustor and the trustee for example.

This mean that they can not invoke the "Due on Sale" clause just because the property transferred.Successfully executing a sub-to deal is VERY complicated and involves a ton of paperwork.

As Josh said, your best bet is to get cozy with an agent and work up some arrangement where they give you comps for something else in return.

The conference had representatives from all over the Midwest set up each in a booth and Southern CA investors went from booth to booth talking with the different reps about their areas.With that kind of proactive event going on, I would say that investing in CA for appreciation would not be the best bet right now.