The mini-splits heat as well as cool, and are using a laughably small amount of juice in the process. 

WE had in my day a lot of juice with our title company and trusted us.. 

I've sold a couple lately and have been seeing them close around 7.25-7.5% CAP.If Dollar General were to go belly up, the owner would have a big issue on their hands.

You have probably seen that Lakeland, FL is a popular investment city these days, some of the reasons for this is that Polk County/Lakeland is ideally located centrally to Orlando and Tampa, we have many warehouses strategically located throughout Polk County, to include warehouses for Amazon, IKEA, RoomsToGo, PepsiCo and Publix which make this area strategic for distribution throughout Florida, not to mention Publix is headquartered in Lakeland, and we also have a large presence for Coca Cola bottling and Juices in Auburndale, FL  which is about 10-20 min from Lakeland.I have been investing since 2002, and my investments are mainly in Lakeland, Bartow, Auburndale and Winter Haven, I also like Lake Wales and Haines City, there is good population growth, and high demand for workers in these areas, of course keep in mind we are in a pretty descent economy right now, whatever you look at, make sure the numbers make sense, and if you purchase something, leave enough room for an economic downturn, I see many outside investors purchasing at higher than normal prices, because the prices seem cheap compared to other markets close to Lakeland, but this can become a trap if the market shifts in a negative direction.

There’s probably a small percentage of syndications that go completely belly-up, but that number increases exponentially whenever values decline in the market.

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the ONLY reason I did it was it was a rescue and I gave the seller 40k up front.. and they would not close plus it was a bulldozer 3 lot project that had 250k in juice on top.. so it was worth  putting 6 figures into escrow for 2 years and paying attorneys fees at the end of the day even with a court order the seller would not sign a deed.. we had to amend our order and the title company actually close the deal with the judges amended order being the document that transferred title.. it was the first time I had ever seen title transfer without some sort of deed.. 

Keep your workers.Your cost in utilities is great too, I noticed I burned a several hundred dollars  in electricity and heating in Chicago, power tools use a lot of juice. 

It's gonna feel good during the next market crash when all these over leveraged investors that have been reading too many books and listening to too many podcasts go belly up..I will be buying their houses at the auction sale.$150 net a door..1% rule...BRRRR until you are covered up in mortgages....what nonsense...

If your relative does not want in that position of an investor - just sign a mortgage with him for the amount you need - if he is a relative - I'd say do not record the mortgage (save on transfer cost) - he always has the option to record that mortgage in the event you go belly up.You should package you deal - make it very clear - what the potential equity profit is going to be - andHow you are going to liquidate (sell) the property for.