At most, a foreign attorney could apply these questions to their particular jurisdiction, but that is by no means good guidance for your particular case.Generally speaking, from a Virginia perspective and not from any other state's perspective, the plan you propose would generally protect you from a great deal of unwanted attention from the Courts.

A Google search should work for this.2) Equity - the private investor gives you $32k in exchange for x% of the property's value + income.  

Specifically, he wants to provide the financing the the houses (rather than my bank), in exchange for half the profits.I've seen this type of arrangement on larger projects, but it may not make sense on smaller houses.

Hi All,Does anyone have any recommendations on good companies to do 1031 exchanges with in the Houston area? 

@Jacob Smith thanks for the offer I will in fact be at Pewaukee lake Thursday thru Sunday and going to the state fair.. it been 30 years since I have driven up your way.I bought a Cirrus in Duluth in 04  and spent a week flying around N Wi in transition trainging and landing at a bunch of the airports there went into Oshkosh flew over packer stadium etc.fond memories.one idea you may have to scale is take these clients and bring them on as equity partners.. you do source manage do rehab work etc in exchange for equity and they go on the loan with you.I built a pretty big portfolio with this model.. got up to 350 doors then sold out in 2013. but if you have good cash flow there and your totally under the radar..

That is assuming he doesn't do anything special such as a 1031 exchange. 

Hello,We are considering doing a 1031 exchange and wanted to know if you have used qualified intermediaries in the Tampa area you can recommend?

Standard procedure to exchange, in person, your final payment for a properly executed Final Release......not send a check then hope you get the release. 

Be aware of where you are buying South of Market and South of Exchange is an even bigger border to cross.

Usually raffle laws only come into play when you are taking in money in exchange for the opportunity to win (i.e. selling tickets).