You will have to gather more accurate operating costs (vacancy loss, taxes, utilities, insurance, mgmt fees, maintenance, HOA) to best determine potential future performance.

Staging is the process of arranging and decorating your house to highlight its best features and make it as appealing as possible to potential buyers.

I then sift through these properties and use my development skills to identify properties that have the potential to be developable for residential purposes.  

Mark, For all your complaints about people not contributing good advice here... you know the people you're invested with are still raising money and the fact that they've paused distributions, for any reason, is highly important information to any potential investor. 

Perfect for today’s market.Speed of Approval: He was aproved and had access to funds within two weeks, which gave him the edge to close on a high-potential property.Clear Communication: The team explained everything in plain English.

If you put down an earnest deposit, you might lose out on that if you decide to back out(potentially). look at the agreement.The more important thing is, do you quality for conventional financing?

When you do a traditional 1031 exchange you have 45 day identification period, to provide a list of potential replacement properties and 180 days to close on a replacement.

Currently my problem is too many potential deals not enough money.

A good GC will have their own contract for you to review and you could potentially negotiate from there to see if you can figure out what works for both of you. 

Think there is some substantial validity in this, but do you think it could potentially be utilized in a different fashion?