I am wondering if transferring the cash periodically to a standard brokerage IRA account may be my best option.

I think because it's so competitive to survive in California, and being accustomed to high prices, they view the rest of the country as opportunity. 

As I tell a lot of my investor clients I work with, with any real estate that you buy, you want to hold for the rest of your life!

They stopped paying the lender and wanted to work something out with the lender but the time is running out (ie the management company did not do any significant improvement during the forbearance period) One of the LP just emailed me and said we need to raise 65k to enlist help from this company.

At that time I'll attempt to structure a 10 year term unless I consider a shorter hold period in which I'll negotiate the lowest rate possible to fit a shorter term more closely matching my remaing hold timeline.

I assumed you'd use HELOC for down payment + another loan for the rest. that is 100% financed. 

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@William Taylor so many options...Use your RE knowledge to: WholesaleFind rental deals to sell to investors locally or here on BPStart leveraging your personal contacts to build your sales businessFind a motivated seller willing to do seller financing:- Move in worst room or basement, rent out all the other rooms for max cashflow- You could even live in the basement and STR the rest of the house

Although the study may increase the gain, the gain may be taxed at a much lower rate making it a beneficial investment.If a property is purchased with the intention to flip or own for a short period of time (less than 3 years), a cost segregation study may not be significant.Overall, as long as you intend to hold the investment property for greater than a year, the benefits of a cost segregation study should be considered.

Census Bureau, Texas added just under 563,000 new residents between July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.Florida came in second, adding 467,000 new residents over the 12-month period, and California came in third, adding 233,000.