Brandon Holley
rental property inspections and licensing fees unconstitutional
From our Local MAREI team! The Southern District of Ohio, in Columbus ruled that the City of Portsmouth Ohio’s occupational licensing requirements imposed rental property inspections and licensing fees upon the landlo...
Brittany Clark
Finding and Buying Foreclosures
My company and I are looking to start flipping houses. We want to look into foreclosures, what is the best way to go about this? What will we need to know about foreclosures?
Gaylene Rogers lonergan
New Texas Senate Rulings: Wholesaling, Assignments, Double Closes
How will the new Texas Senate rulings on Wholesaling, Assignments and Double Closes affect your real estate business?If your real estate investor business includes wholesaling, assignments and double closes, you need ...
Rich Weese
Cap and Trade HR2454 bill
In another thread, someone asked for more info on the proposed law for needing to have a license or endorsement to sell your own home. Also the question on retrofitting your home and needing an "endorsement" stamp fr...
Lynne Gregorio
Asset protection with LLC and Land trusts
Hi, I am trying to set up asset protection for my rental properties. My head is spinning trying to figure out who needs to be Trustee, Beneficiary, Grantor, Member, Manager for these trusts. I am hoping someone here ...
Account Closed
Great Example of the Trouble with Sub2 Wraps
I don't remember reading this thread when it first appeared a year ago. It's a perfect example of the many things that can (and did!) go wrong when wrapping. The end buyer had a lease option agreement, so was not in...
Joe Kim
How to speak to owners/landlords for rental arbitrage
There are many ways to approach this difficult task of convincing a owner or landlord to rent to you as an investor ONLY to sublease (aka Master lease) the home to furnished short-term rental.#1 NUMBERS GAME: It's no...
Sylvia Tsai
LLC Legal & tax protection structure 4 Calif prop with 1 member?
I am 1 person don't like to get my family involved, how can I structure an LLC to utilize the Trump new tax deduction and legal protection when california don't recognize 1 member LLCs and loose all the LLC legal prot...
James Wise
New York rent regulation laws set to expire on Monday.
ALBANY — With the city’s rent regulation laws set to expire on Monday and no renewal deal in place, Gov. Cuomo is warning landlords not to take advantage of the situation.“Landlords of rent stabilized units who try to...
Heather Little
Real Estate Professional Status Qualifications
I left my corporate job last year to stay home with my daughter and focus on our real estate business. I'm trying to determine if I can qualify as a real estate professional. I know you need 750 material hours per yea...