Since one side is vacant, my guess is there's another piece of this puzzle missing.Now, maybe it's only recently vacant and was previously occupied by another 22-year tenant.

Find someone with experience and you bring other pieces to the puzzle. 

I've been shifting my strategy from buy and hold to try and be a bit more creative with my deal flow, to avoid hangups, only looking at the puzzle from one angle, and neglecting to realize a not for me may very well be a deal for someone within my network.My target for the properties are all:Multi-family (which is an extreme rarity in this city I'm finding out)Equity 70% and higher Both Absentee and Non-Absentee OwnersIn the City of AtlantaI ended up with about 50 properties that fit the criteria after I filtered out all town homes & condos. 

Getting into real estate investing can be tricky due to all the different puzzle pieces you end up having to put together.

The biggest piece of the puzzle is HOW are you buying these.

I’ve built a team in the Atlanta area the last piece to the puzzle here is the initial financing of my projects.

Hello Everyone, I am new to the world of real estate investing and my expertise mostly consist of a lot of research and trying to figure out all the puzzle pieces to getting your first deal secured and closed.

Any one in this business that has Property Radar in their market I highly suggest you check it out.. falling for all those super secret lists of motivated Sellers that I see people on BP chase is puzzling to me when you have Property Radar which is that and so much more. .. you create the list in a matter of hours and then dial in.. this is for real not just buying some list of rehashed information. 

It seems a bit puzzling why you would list the LLC as the trustee.

When you live in California, skipping the 1031 means at 35%-40% total tax bill when you include state taxes and depreciation recapture, so it becomes a real cost-benefit puzzle to cash out.