All these strategies depend greatly on location, layout and your personal comfort level.   

Having a JV with a person that has cost controls and discounts = less risk. 

Flips are taxed as active income, so you’re usually better off starting under your personal name or a simple LLC taxed as a sole prop, then forming an S Corp once you get consistent deal flow and profits.

Look Ken, there is tech ways informed persons, persons who know this tech side of things, can readily see it is the 1 same person. 

I would love for this person to be able to counsel us on our entire portfolio (retirement, mutual funds, AND real estate), LLCs, do our taxes, and offer RE professional tips.

Quote from @Yousef Hossam: After seeing how people work their pipelines, I realized something surprising:Many deals are lost after the seller already showed interest.Not from lack of leads, but from:Late repliesMissed follow-upsNotes scattered across toolsNo defined lead stagesNo accountability on daily pipeline actionsThe person who consistently close more usually have:One place where every conversation is loggedClear stages (New → Contacted → Follow-Up → Appointment → Contract)Automated or scheduled remindersA daily or weekly pipeline reviewNext steps always set before ending the callNothing fancy, just fundamentals done well.In many cases, tightening follow-up converts more deals without increasing marketing spend.Are you currently managing follow-up and pipeline visibility in your business?

Ken, if one were to purchase a property sub to taking title in the name of an entity, would that person still be require to list the mortgage note as a liability on their PFS so as to avoid a fraud charge?  

If Jefferson Park looks mediocre in person, I’d keep looking rather than settling for West Town just because it’s the “sexier” neighborhood.

One person brings the deal, the other brings the capital.

They want contemporaneous records—evidence created at the time the work was performed.What real documentation looks like:• Time logs showing date, specific task, and hours (kept weekly, not recreated at tax time)• Receipts for cleaning supplies purchased the same day your log shows cleaning work• Calendar entries blocking time for maintenance with notes on what was done• Text messages or emails showing you personally handled guest issues• Photos documenting before/after repair work with timestampsThe extreme but effective approach?