If property is not redeemed I get a deed in the mail.REally like this play for assets that are inexpensive.. and your paying cash.. risk is minimal to nill and as long as your play is simply rent and keep very long term.. its a genius move.. most folks are so worried that you have little to no competition..  !!!! 

It sounds like you've got a good handle on your property situation, but you're right to look for ways to minimize your tax hit from that nice appreciation you've seen.

Its since sold and whomever is rehabbing it is making it look really nice, but I seriously wonder WTF was going on in that one "dark red" bedroom, like there was a cigarette smoking competition going on for the last 10 years. 

Implementing minimal GP fees to enhance investment attractiveness for LPs.3.

Aldo, I set up a drive to diferente areas to check the neighborhoods doing the day and I will drive same places after dark to check them out.2.

I gave up on idea of having in-house PM, but it’s because I got comfortable relying on technology to minimize my time self-managing.

The part I found fascinating is that the RA, citing some unspecified Appeals precedent, allowed his yacht activities as business activities, despite minimal income!

In retail, while I have minimal direct experience lately, I was talking with some lenders about a month or two ago, as I was looking at buying a strip center myself.  

This isn't really possible unless you had a low W2 AND live in a low cost of living with minimal dependents in today's world.

Investing in syndications, passively with an unrelated party (beware of UBIT if an IRA on both of those), or just hard money loans to third parties are all great ways to invest in real estate with a retirement account to minimize as many headaches as possible.