Personally I'd think more about quality of life you are looking for and if that market fits into your overall investing goals.

So if you can find a parcel that doesn't seem to have multiple fatal flaws, or at least you think you can add value to fixing/figuring out their constraints, then I would do that and then just flip on the MLS, especially if you are able to let it "season" a bit, which the title companies in California require anyway...they won't insure a flip of a tax parcel until some time has passed.

An individual employed by a business entity means a person employed and directly compensated by the business entity.

Personally I prefer areas where it is not "block by block" like northeast philly, roxborough, chestnut hill, west mount airy, east falls, fairmount, graduate hospital, etc. 

I believe we have covered most of the needs in this post, but I was becoming unsure about an LLC.From a multi-person investment point of view, is an LLC still the best way to go?

Maximum 10 total properties (not 10 financed properties like fannie/freddie 1-4 unit properties, so even if the properties are free and clear it counts against this 10 "properties," whether there is debt/liens against them or not)You can use 1 year tax returns for self employment and 1 year tax returns for rental property income calculations as well which is huge for BP folks since most of us are rental property investors and self employed/S-corp/schedule C personal tax returns@Matthew Kwan @Carlos Valencia @Joe Homs

Weather that's for swapping numbers to meeting in person for coffee.

Chris  TC =  A person who may or may not be licensed ( this is Oregon and WA laws) who assist the agents in many aspects of the transaction. they are normally Dependent independent contractors .

Folks,I am negotiating an owner-operated restaurant lease and tenant agrees to a personal guarantee for the initial lease term of five years but rejects a guarantee for the two options (five year each).

Also, the insurance companies are fleeing Florida so I'm definitely not making as much as I would from selling while things are still good.Talk me off the cliff or push me over please.