@Greg MorrisSome law in CA sounds ridiculous?!?!?

I think enforcing the existing laws should always be the first step. 

By law you cannot mandate a tenant that is on month to month to commit to a longer term.  

If yes,  learn the local laws to make sure you're protected. 

A lot of investors I know either use leases from their state apartment association or they get them through a good local property manager, since those are usually already updated to match local laws and save you from having to reinvent the wheel.

We are looking to sell off some of our properties and I know there was a big law suite with realtors Im looking at advice on qhats fiar and the going rate for realtors these days?

If one has a second home in a high-tax state that rents for more than 14 days a year and is used more than 14 days, would it make sense to convert it to a rental property, given the new tax law?

apologies niece not daughter in law....getting old. 

@Crystal Smith"Private lending" and "private finance transactions" come out of SEC requirements and not being subject to finance laws, if you're in the business of the activity, you're not a private lender, regardless of what a real estate attorney may think.

Now, the property is no longer in the borrower's name and the 1st can call the "due on sale", forcing the winning bidder to pay of the 1st or go to foreclosure himself.Remember, this is according to each states laws of payoff, so each state has a sequence and is state specific.