yeah, it stinks but I guess stricter lending requirements will make it more difficult for individuals to buy homes...

All our investors understand the process and we've worked hard to make it as smooth and non-intrusive as possible.It also gives us the added advantage of being able to advertise the individual deals themselves, as opposed to simply talking about Patch of Land without giving specifics.

Additionally, how does it look to investors if they make the payment out to an individual instead of an official business?

I think when you look at real estate from a global standpoint there are only a few cities in the world where high net worth individuals will congregate and move their capital.

However, at some point analysis becomes irrelevant and useless and fails to provide any real economic benefit.There is a huge difference between the strategies employed by a pool of investors buying for long term yield and/or returns and the average individual note investor who may be seeking the highest initial return and moving on to other opportunities.

You can contact me individually if you feel more comfortable that way.Thanks a lot!

Conform to Dodd-Frank, there are exemptions for individuals selling their homes.

I was wondering if I could get some feedback from the BiggerPockets community about what schooling would be essential for an individual looking to get into REI full time?

The advantage is not having to deal with 10+ individual loans and being able to add a property to the loan later as you acquire more.

Some operate under a single LLC, others create an LLC for each property, while others incorporate and create individual LLC's or Divisions for each property within their corporation.