I grew up in East Tennessee, so that's where I'm inclined to start my searching.

There have been a number of posts here on BP about insurance for contractors that you can search for.

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Michael if you're just looking to pay $1 then I would get a quit claim deed from seller (still do a title search) and negotiate myself.

Now the main reason I'm searching for an owner-occupant situation is for the financing.

Use a Google phone #?

Identify the top REO brokers in your market (easy to do on homepath.com or hudhomestore.com, or just google reo brokers or reo agents for your market).

Nor will everyone invest in the same thing, SFH mfhs, mobile homes, apts, notes , wholesaling, rehabbing etc. search for Brandon's list of over 100 ways to invest in real estate.

A lot has to do with your income, though.A quick google pulls this up: http://leadsafestlouis.com/services.htmSteve, I had the same thing in my class - a contractor who found out the hard way.

Keep in mind that there are a ton of of threads here to search through with pages of discussion on entity structure.One thing that has been discussed in those threads is the possibility that by transferring your property with a residential loan in your personal name into the LLC you have "pierced the corporate veil" negating any benefit of the LLC.