They are hands-off, institutional grade real estate investments, and they allow the option to diversify.

Second, Urban Land Institute publishes a number of books that go into various aspects of development. 

Property management is a great specialty; for residential search out NARPM (National Assoc. of Residential Property Managers) and for commercial management search out IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management). 

These are more common for high CLTV products.3) Many institutions are offering to pay most if not all of your closing costs.

Hello Matt,In the institutional investor world the method used to manage turn cost was $ per sqft. 

If it was not assumable, we would do a subject to or wrap around loan and I would sign.In some instances, there was already a first mortgage to an institutional lender, and a second mortgage to an additional company or previous seller.

Hi @Lavette Pittman ,If memory serves correct, Sprout is an intermediary that connects you to the actual financial institutions that provide the funds, and they get a commission on you attaining those LOC.

Out if state and foreign investors may be the new norm in primary MSAs  at least for awhile since bond yields are low (for out of state/institutional investors) and the since US markets are so much better regulated and trustworthy (Foreign investors) The former may taper off, but the latter won't change for awhile.

Does anyone have an recommendations for banks/financial institutions that we can house our Solo 401k Trust with?

The best description I've found for, and argument for using, the SCOR document is from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.