I know many of you will laugh at the following statement, but; the US tax code is really pretty simple!

Not really concerned with anyone's opinion about the ethics of doing this, so please don't respond with regard to that, but if you have the CA criminal or BPC code that is relevant to this action, I'd love to see it.Hoping Aaron or Will can help out here... it'd certainly be cheaper than continuing to pay my attorney to deal with problematic occupants at a snails pace.

Nothing wrong with that, except that you need to consider the impact on family dynamics if your Aunt loses money and the deal goes south.Hard money lending is a very legitimate business, and in fact, we have our own trade association with a code of ethics.

I gather the info and put into a spreadsheet (neighborhood, bed, bath, list price, list date, year built, zip code, and if its bank owned / short sale, etc).I have a column that has the formula =Today() and then the Days on Market column will subtract todays date from list date, giving me the accurate days on market (matches the mls!).

I am offering a 5k bonus to any wholesaler who brings me a deal in zip code 53202 or 53211.

I think this is a good business practice for any rehabber/remodeler who is remodeling per code and using best construction practices.

Much easier to learn than how to cut a mitered header straight, plum and set it level or building a cantilevered deck to code I'd think. :)  

You know what the code of ethics are and the rules about real assistants. 

She stated it was not in code to not have one.

I have eight years of experience working with the city of Chicago and for Nec code book.