Government then allows bankruptcy to get rid of creditors, but does not help those who gave the money that was not repaid.

The other one was marginally acceptable due to a low credit score because of a recent bankruptcy but I decided to take the chance with it because I didn’t really want to take the risk of waiting for something better to come along.

(You Or Your Appointee)Seller Signs “Declaration Of Trust And Land Trust Agreement Naming Seller As Beneficiary.Have The Seller Sign The “Standard Warranty Deed” Before A Notary.Seller Signs “Assignment Of Beneficial Interest And Quit Claim Of Land Trust” Assigning Their Beneficial Interest In The Trust To A Personal Property Trust You Create For This Purpose Or Any Other Entity That You Choose To.Seller Sign The Authorization to Release and The “Estoppel Letter” This Is To Be Sent To The Mortgage Companies To Verify All Balances.Before You Invest Any Money Paying A Seller Or Bringing A Loan Current, Always Get A Title Search From An Insured Title Researcher.

However, the security deposit is not listed as a debt on the bankruptcy paper.

@Bill Mcdonald Here are some of the similarities and differences between a self-directed IRA and a self-directed solo 401k:The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k Similarities Both were created by congress for individuals to save for retirement;Both may be invested in alternative investments such as real estate, precious metals tax liens, promissory notes, private company shares, and stocks and mutual funds, to name a few;Both allow for Roth contributions;Both are subject to prohibited transaction rules;Both are subject to federal taxes at time of distribution;Both allow for checkbook control for placing alternative investments;Both may be invested in annuities;Both are protected from bankruptcy creditors;Both are prohibited from investing in assets listed under I.R.C. 408(m); andNeither may be directly invested in your own business startup The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k DifferencesIn order to open a solo 401k, self-employment, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is required;To open a self-directed IRA, self-employment income is not required;In order to gain IRA checkbook control over the self-directed IRA funds, a limited liability company (self-directed IRA LLC) must be utilized;The solo 401k allows for checkbook control outside the LLC;The solo 401k allows for personal loan known as a solo 401k plan If you borrow from your own IRA, it will be deemed a taxable distribution;Unlike an IRA, a Solo 401k can invest in life insurance;The solo 401k allow for high contribution amounts (for 2015; the solo 401k contribution limit is $53,000, whereas the self-directed IRA contribution limit is $5,500);The solo 401k business owner can serve as trustee of his or her solo 401k;The self-directed IRA participant/owner may not serve as trustee or custodian of his or her IRA; instead, a trust company or bank institution is required;Unlike an IRA, generally when distributions commence from the solo 401k a mandatory 20% of federal taxes must be withheld from each distribution and submitted electronically to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the date of each distribution;Rollovers and/or transfers from IRAs or qualified plans (e.g., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian, generally by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA--from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth 401k RMD requirement;Roth IRA funds are not subject to requirement minimum distributions (RMDs);The fair market value (FMV) of assets held in a self-directed IRA is reported on form 5498;The fair market value of assets held in a solo 401k are reported on Form 5500-EZ;At termination, the solo 401k is required to file a final Form 5500-EZ and 1099-R; andAt termination, the self-directed IRA is only required to file a form 1099-R.

If you were required to personally guarantee an HML (sometimes required and sometimes not) it would be up to you to decide whether you had to declare it against your DTI ratio.Last, hard money lenders don’t care about your landlording experience.

If they file bankruptcy I am last in line.

What if he declares Bankruptcy?

Just a minor note, if you loan your son $30k and they can't pay you back, if you write it off as a bad debt for tax purposes then I believe your son would have to declare the $30k as income and pay taxes on it.

Para 2: Subject to existing loan balance in favor of "bank name" and loan information.This declares how I am acquiring.