I have spent the last several weeks gathering all the data online and building models and views of potential investments.

I don't sell real estate retail anymore or have not in a decade but I always took on the hard cases and always double ended them and always charge FAR more than anyone else.. but its the only project I took on.. 

:P The second big paragraph above is mostly gleaned from just lurking in online discussion forums frequented by appraisers.

I also sold 3 of my least favorite rental houses over the last 12 months, by owner, at retail, within weeks.The numbers.

Hi all,Here is my information pertaining to my question of which state is the best to start an LLC in:The business will be selling dried fruit.The location of preparation, packaging and shipping of the product is in California (at least initially, run from out of my house).I will be the only employee (most likely for several years anyway).Business will be conducted online only, selling to anyone living in the U.S., Canada or Mexico (initially limited to these county's due to shipping scales of economy, to be expanded elsewhere if I can get shipping costs down).I ask this question for the purposes of:Paying the lowest LLC start up and recurring costs related to the LLC.Having the least amount of paperwork required to start, and maintain the LLC.Having the most comprehensive protection for such a business (& of course, for me the individual owner of the LLC).Aside from the LLC, I will get a CA class a cottage food permit and of course pay CA taxes. 

They have a REO list you can look through online as well.

If I were I would first look at the Tax Assessors Office or Tax Records Office (online for that City) and see who the owner is.

I am primarily interested to know if anyone uses Quick Books Online for rental property bookkeeping and how they like it.

Anyway.. fast forward to the last 2 years as the 179 go zone recapture caught up to normal recapture.. .. the houses never went up.. some went down.. and even though I never really had cap ex.. to sell them retail I had to do 10 to 15k of upgrades to each one and then sales cost. so some I made 20k on some I lost 20k and then recapture.. now I did save that money way back when and used it for other deals that's how I talk myself into thinking it was a smart move..

It is nice to have a debit card for any online payments.Our experience of late is that Fidelity and E*Trade are not opening accounts for IRA owned LLC entities.