I think people are running out of spendable money for some things and the fast foods are trying to hide the fact that they need to lower their prices, in order to keep their earnings up for the stock exchange.

They pick me up, drive around the block, do the exchange and drop me back off hahaha Too complicated bro.

If your goal is something longer term or diversification based, maybe treat the down payment like a CD with a big potential bonus that'll pay out when you refi when rates drop, or 1031 exchange into something bigger in 10 years. 

He is putting in 15% of equity as his family office as a TIC, tenant in common to the deal via a 1031 exchange, so that aligns him with LPs better than 99% of deals out there, also GP fees are fair to reasonable, 8% pref, then 80/20 and then for >14% IRR, they split 70/30, so better than 95% of last 100 deals I have seen.

How can I help you achieve your goals in exchange for you helping me?)

We do internal audits on our exchanges. 

After a few email exchanges with the VP of Business Development (she was on the intro email from my agent) I found they are not versed in the MW506AE form.

The necessary paperwork was exchanged, and at closing I secured a conventional loan for the house at the prevailing 11% interest of the times.  

I am tempted to post the email exchange, but will keep that to myself for now.

Great work on using a 1031 exchange!