The best description I've found for, and argument for using, the SCOR document is from the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions.

We work with many institutions and smaller investors alike and again, like Nick, we feel if you nail the "1% rule," then you found a solid deal.   

So, I've been getting mixed messages regarding lease option, double escrow and seller finance deals here in Massachusetts.  

It is a multi family in Woburn MA.

The City of Denver was recently named one of the nation’s most promising cities for real estate investment by Forbes and the Urban Land Institute.

My grandparents have lived in a 2 - unit duplex in Cambridge MA for 53 years.

Has anyone else experienced this, and can someone tell me what type of institution I should be approaching?  

There plenty of other opportunities elsewhere, my clients are involved in institutional grade properties across the country.

I would share links but apparently that's illegal.I have a real estate sale team with people licensed in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 

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