I used to be hard-headed about being competent enough to do my own taxes w/ Turbo Tax, using the internet like you to research stuff.    

Even though rates and down payment may seem high, if there is any legal trouble associated with that property, you can sleep at night knowing you and your personal assets are protected.

Account Closed hit the nail on the head.  

You could also try heading west to St.

The wholesaling was a business activity, and the 2 CPAs I asked said that it is definitely a tax write off.My reason for asking is: I don't have a LLC/corp associated with my rental business, so would this wholesaling campaign be included as expenses for a property that was purchased subsequently to it?

Lindsey & Associates is the largest firm there, and will certainly be able to assist.

Thank you Sandra for the heads up, I retired in 07 and never encountered it in the field and the damaging effects probably took some years to manifest....  

Here's the rate sheet associated with a lender that can reliably deliver on the time-frame specified in the contract, here are fannie mae's loan level pricing adjustments, here's your fico score,  here's your down payment, here's how you price out your own mortgage, so boom here's your rate at no points with a slight lender credit, and we're done.

I have lost friends that i consider family and have also seen what happens to the families when they lose the heads of the households when they did not have anything left for them.

The Wasatch Area Real Estate Investor Association now broadcasts some of its meetings, and I would get on their radar.http://www.wareia.com/The benefit of the other associations is the networking.