Finance Your InvestmentsMortgages: Explore different mortgage options such as conventional loans, FHA loans, or private lenders.Creative Financing: Consider seller financing, partnerships, or using retirement accounts (e.g., self-directed IRAs).7.

Philadelphia offers lower risk and more predictable returns, making it a stable choice for long-term real estate investment.

It's also ALWAYS a good time to sell, upgrade for that growing family, downsize for that retirement.

I was just gonna say, if you look at baby boomers, those who were in blue areas are probably going to be able to retire more comfortably than those who were in red areas. 

Here's a short synopsis on Indy investing (as a realtor with 150+ transactions & 12 doors in personal portfolio): - Indianapolis has all the right metrics for a stable investment: average appreciation 3-5% per year, consistent population growth, low unemployment, highest % of GDP growth last 5 years of any Midwest city. - Indianapolis is VERY competitive in the fixer-upper & multifamily realms.

Cleveland is a better market for cashflow but Columbus offers a stable and growing market with a strong rental demand, and diverse economy.

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Offsetting against future gains and building them up against a potential windfall or RMD retirement days etc.But they're also not bad to use if it relieves a tax burden from a sale in the right situation.  

If you treat them like a retirement plan instead of immediate income you lead in to the “your ira doesn’t cashflow and yet you invest in it argument.”

He then substitutes the collateral, i.e. retires the $380k seller financed note exchanged for the $380k note he purchased for $260k.