Hello all - does anyone have any experience with sponsoring an incall location for a trusted provider?  Tips, advise, etc?  Thanks in advance...

Considering you are a good guy with good intentions  and have no desire to violate her space whatever please keep in mind although its a great write off for you if you are LLC or whatever that YOUR NAME IS ON THE LEASE.  And if you look at a lease one of the first things you will read is something in bold letters regarding you know what.  If ANYTHING happens LE, a pissed client, a stalker,nosy neighbors whatever its YOU not her that will bear the reprocuctions.
Minneapolis is a SMALL SMALL town in a that looks like a a big city...keep her away from downtown for sure.  
Not to discourage because in a trusted relationship with a honest provider  this can reap kudos for you..maybe you get your weekly appt and you get first priority on appt times and then the rent you can deduct for taxes...But if you have other intentions like getting to know her better or smelling her panties(just kidding)then it is disater waiting to happen..Also is she is a non advertised girl thats even better.
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I have a home in the suburbs that I rent out - dealing with the current tennants and just the problems that provides is time consuming and problamatic (sp)

The first person I rented too, the entire neighborhood thought she was a provider as many cars were coming and going - turned out she wasn't a provider - just a con artist and a thief - and I was one of the victims - but that a story in and of itself.

As I only have the one property and it is the house I used to live in and I know everyone, I think the entire discretion thing would fly out the window quickly if something were to happen. Howerver if I had more properties - such as apartment buildings etc - that may open some avenues.

The more I thought about it, the more I would really have to know the provider and we would have to have some type of complete understanding - that couldn't be in writting.

As a landlord you can protect yourself against some of the liability by having an stipulation in the lease / rental agreement about law violations. But as Catherine stated - you get one pissed off client - or if for some reason you and the provider have a falling out and something were to happen - I don't know that that stipulation would work if the provider stated you knew all along what they were doing and as part of the agreement you were sniffing the panties!! I think you could be prosecuted.

Get's down to trust. Can you trust the person(s) you are renting the property too. Can you trust them not to bail on you in times of trouble? Can they trust you not to bail on them in times of trouble. Can you trust  yourself to remember it is a business arrangement and stick to the limits of the arrangement? Can you trust the providers to give you your cut or just the rent? If the rent is a cut of the action, what checks and balances do you have in place? And will these checks and balances expose you to risk?

Imagine the worse case scenario - the house getting raided - you in the house at the time of the raid? If you can deal with the exposure from the press - the legal hassels - and all of the other issues - then you can probably pull it off. If you can not - then you may want to think twice about it!!

Just my thoughts!!