Welcome to Bigger Pockets, Reeves!!

Penny Penny, PLEASE take a moment to go to the Syndication FORUM here on Bigger Pockets and read the innumerable stories of investors who have had their distributions stop shortly after investing, lost principal, or now have their capital tied up for TWICE as long coupled with no distributions. 

@Brody Veilleux Loss harvesting in real estate allows you to offset capital gains by selling a property at a loss, which can also offset gains from stocks or other investments.

The age of a home is sometimes a misnomer as older homes were built much better in many ways, not all.If you want to flip, you need to focus on older homes because that's where the bigger scale will be most likely and the more outdated cosmetically, the less likely first-time homebuyers will think they can do the work.

Looking to hear what you would do - I've heard of people targeting 1031 Investors to sell large portfolios or multiple buildings but have no idea where I would begin outside of asking a community like Bigger Pockets.

The Bigger Pockets community and podcast has been a major resource and mentor in helping me learn the ropes of real estate investing. 

Realistically, many properties that go to auction may be in such bad shape that they don't justify the high bidding amounts, leading to losses as I mention above. 

So there was a boom in building - and most of them were the bigger properties. 

Then, as you buld knowledge & experience you can do bigger projects.3) The two above strategies can build funds to invest in rentals.

Seems like that has a bigger difference than you'd expect.