I missed that too by not seeing this post earlier.To BryanA and Charles: The appreciation that others offer in exchange for help does go a long way to making it feel worthwhile to continue offering to help.

Perhaps sell a property and roll the proceeds into a 1031 exchange for another property.

My guess is that anything traded on an exchange will suffer from the expectation issue Eric cited.

jon is correct, MOs can be easily forged as well. i would get a pen. they work well. the bank that took the bills is required to send them to the secret service. to be honest, it would be VERY, VERY difficult to prosecute. there is really not a way to prove (legally) who gave you the bills.even mike seperating the bills would not protect him. billions of $$$ of currency exchange hands, there is no way to prove that those are the bills they gave u. as is with a check, the person that deposits can be held responsible. even if being held 'responsible' means justnot getting credit for the funds. if u really want to be safe, get a mobile blacklight currency detector.

When I can get a retail valuation and 1031 exchange into something better.

Once you are finished signing the closing docs, the property now belongs to that LLC you created and own.You then meet with the end-buyer to sign the contracts and exchange funds that allow you to sell that LLC to the end-buyer.I guess this could technically be done at the same closing table, but I don't imagine it normally would be...

I'm all about making money, but these people are turning down potential millions in exchange for 1% of a company. . . bad idea!

In exchange for that, if you have time, I will tour you on Lake Coeur d' Alene so you understand why spokane is sweet!

Are there any or any investors who need a bird dog in exchange for showing me the ropes?

Always be marketing, networking, and provide professional services, exchange referrals with your professional team.Don't get greedy, needy, and lose sales, if you can also obtain referrals.