They can do this as 1031 exchange, which is also known as a consolidation exchange.

@Beau Alesi wow that's incredible! 

@Kerry Hermann We got our start in the western Chicago suburbs as well but are now totally focussed on The Shoals.

This year, I’ll be sharing tips, insights, and lesser-known strategies to help you turn your housing allowance into an asset.

thanks for your time and help rent to retirement works directly with build to rent developers like us around the country once they are framed up. you are buying properties pretty much at market value but with a hand holding. you can work directly with a builder or directly with them. they are just an intermediary. they take 5% on what we make as a builder but have a large list of investors and a systemized approach to selling new builds. if you want to get a better deal I'd recommend directly contacting builders and building it yourself. fly to the market. spend 2 days, tour new builds, get a feeling for how it's going. if your builder isn't building multiple at a time then I wouldn't recommend working with them. rent to retirement is a well oiled and well run machine. they've had their ups and downs with dozens of transactions in florida but modified their process. they are well known and established and transparent. if you have a more specific market and feel confident in your ability to vet deals try it out. happy to talk more my info is in my signature. we work directly with them to sell new builds and no organization is perfect but I have good things to say about them as a builder and potential build to rent developer that sells build to rent triplexes and single family homes through them to end buyers in California like the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego 

It sounds like you have an incredible future ahead.

Those properties that are obviously vacant - as well as those you advertise for 'immediate occupancy' are well-known targets of squatters. 

IF it was not on an auction site none of the information would be known unless you do your own research. they could say its a 3bed 2 bath home and you go buy and its burned down (seen that before). 100% is on the person bidding at auction.

For those curious about the numbers:Purchase Price: $95,000Renovation Costs: ~$4,000ARV: ~$140,000Expected Rent: ~$1,500Thank you again for being an incredible resource.

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