He showed with a young guy, We worked our butts off for 3 days.

Most of the stuff you can get at Home Depot or Lowes and get it the next day, so no delays once you decide on something. 

@Ryan Cousins it's really going to depend on YOUR analysis/projections of what you think the property will be worth in the future.You'll want to compare that to any capital gains tax-savings if you sell now.

A little over 15 years ago, in the late spring of 2009, I was a brand spanking new real estate agent coming off of a miserably failed real estate investment venture.

I put a new build under contract early this month, and are now working on the loan with a credit union.

@Kayla Elliott  Hi Kayla - this was a commercial mortgage loan with a local bank, that held it "in house" after it was issued. 

I would love to buy a triplex at the end of the year.

If you did finance some of the purchase using a non-recourse loan, then you need to read up on UBTI/UDFI and there are some taxation benefits that the IRA can achieve since it now owes taxes in that scenario.

Send me a PM and I'll send you a couple of examples of what is on the market outside of Atlanta so you can run your numbers and see if that fits.

Quote from @Shawn Questa: Hi all,I am curious what some of the Pros would do to Help a Seller in this situation while making a Deal happen.I found a 200+ day old MLS Listing where the Agent said the Seller is in Financial Ruin, hasn't Paid the Mortgage in a year, owes about 180k on an approx. 210k House and multiple Buyers have backed out.I don't know how someone could not Pay their Note in a year and not at least be in Pre-foreclosure.