Many people have told me that it's illegal to do this without some sort of license.

I have a property in Orlando, FL that I bought through a wholesalers/PM firm that said that they would handle the rehab and deliver me a lovely turn-key property.I thought that all was fine, but two months after the tenants move in, I get a letter from Code Enforcement listing a number of past violations, the most important being that no one pulled permits for any of the work.At this point, all the work had been completed.The issue is, the workers the PM hired were not licensed GCs, and no one is taking any responsibility for the work.

DC continues to attract strong supply of college students, graduate students, young professionals, military personnel, government workers and international investors, all of whom are looking for housing (to either rent or buy).

Company's are always looking for talent so don't limit yourself.A co-worker once told me "you have to put in long hard hours because people who don't put in long hard hours are the first to be laid off in down times".

That seems like a highly illegal thing to do.

Do NOT threaten to turn it over to police if they do not settle, that is extortion and is illegal.

Under RESPA I believe agents are not allowed to pay for referrals. They are also not allowed to get paid to refer business to mortgage brokers and other professionals.

A friend of mine took Kinder-Reese's rea...

The IRA owner and any disqualified parties are prohibited from doing any work on the property themselves (sweat equity) as this is considered improving an IRA asset with non-IRA funds and is an illegal contribution.

You hire workers and pay them.

Ive seen some pretty creative stuff that wasn't illegal and ended up closing legitimately anyway because of the creativity.So the objective is to protect yourself because obviously your earnings are on the line.