National REIA Now: December 2025 – Ohio Legislation, Seller Finance, and Subject To Transactions

National REIA Now December Update with Kevin Coughlin and Jeff Watson discussing property tax changes, wholesaling laws, Subject-To scrutiny, and seller finance legislation.

National REIA’s December REIA Now call covered major developments for real estate investors nationwide, including Ohio’s proposal to raise taxes on small investment properties, new wholesaling disclosure laws, lender-driven AI targeting Subject-To transfers, and renewed federal momentum for seller-financing reform. Market stress indicators and engagement tips for meeting with members of Congress were also discussed. Watch the full replay below.

Wholesaling: Nationwide Trends in Regulation

Wholesaling Laws - An Update from Jeff Watson

Most people would probably define wholesaling as the process of putting a property under contract and then assigning that contract to someone else so that the person to whom the contract is assigned is the one who buys the property, and the wholesaler is paid via an assignment fee. This typical definition of wholesaling needs to change!

What the Arizona Case is Really About

Arizona Attorney General Brings Suit Against Invstors Several real estate investors, title companies and attorney’s were sued by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. See the 81-Page Clase Here. The case was not about Subject To, but rather it was about how people were treated. It was more about investors being Misleading.  And here at MAREI, […]

UPDATE: Corporate Transparency Act

BIOR & FinCen Updates

March 2, 2025On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the Secretary of the Treasury issued an announcement which dramatically changed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and how it will be enforced. To understand how this came about, I went back and read the opening sections of the CTA and noticed that repeatedly, the CTA put all the responsibility […]

Why do so many real estate investor joint ventures fail

I was asked this question not long ago:  Why do partnerships, particularly joint ventures, frequently fail?  Your first thought when reading this may be, “OK, is Jeff equating a joint venture to a partnership?”  Yes, I am.  A joint venture is a limited duration partnership in which two separate entities or persons agree to work […]

Protect Private Property Rights: Join Housing Hero TODAY!

protecting private property rights

Because of a small glitch for a few people trying to join Housing Heros – they have extended the MAREI deadline through Saturday 7/13 – they thought they had it all fixed, but it still had issues into Wednesday – it seems to work better if you are on Chrome or Firefox. Concerned about Private […]