Hey @Roger McCollough,Welcome to aboard! 

If I cannot find something, it might be better to just pay Uncle Sam rather than to buy something that will get traided out later. 15% cap gains on roughly $300K vs. 2x the 6% sales commissions + closing costs.But maybe there is something I am failing to see given my limited experience.

I'm a member of Capital REI, which is run by @Roger Lin, @Justin Pierce, and @John Rubino.

@John Rogers Hello John thanks for the info.

I never mentioned it to my family but my uncle asked me to look into it.  

So for me free and clear, I can sleep better at night.Now I am learning as much as possible about tax issues and ways to keep Uncle Sam from taking from me Hope all is well and ask away Alex

You can, however, invest your SDRP in a sibling's business, uncle / aunt, niece / nephew, cousin, etc.Your accountant or attorney should be able to answer your questions.

I hate sounding like the old uncle and have failed 4 diplomacy courses, but, if you are asking whether to hire an appraiser or an inspector; please do a lot more reading/studying before you spend your hard earned money.

@Steven Duck  what you describe the most likely way you would get started is simply with private money IE mom and dad aunt and uncle  good friend from child hood etc.seasoned investors would be a pretty tough go for some one with no capital and no experience.Suggestions:Now I know Minden is a small market but Reno is not... get a RE license go to work for a commercial broker ( part time if you can) and learn the business the right way.. by being around seasoned pro's who actually do deals.. on line training is hit and miss at best.. you have your rah rah buys like posted above who sell information... and you have your very experienced professionals Like @Don Konipol who give you a reality check. if you want into the business get in the business in a professional manner  sell some of these earn commissions learn as you go along then once you have put in some apprenticeship and have some experience to back up your desires you will find it much easier..

If you need a "traditional real estate" helping hand, we are just south of you and just opened an office in your back yard in Belleview.We are "investor friendly", in fact, all of us here are also investors and we work with investors across Florida helping them acquire HUD properties as we are an authorized HUD Brokerage.Congratulations...John Rogers