I am also looking to obtain bank financing on the rental properties which will be held under the business name and not under my name personally if that influences any opinions.Thanks for the help!

I know of plenty of sellers who have held buyers to terms that were probably unreasonable, but the buyer signed the contract. 

Opportunity Zones can be used to minimize tax payments or even reduce to zero.Opportunity Zones were created under the TCJA to; Allow U.S. investors to defer all 2018 capital gains for eight years if the profits are reinvested and held in an Opportunity ZoneLower the amount of capital gains taxes resulting from the sale of a capital asset by 10% or 15% if the proceeds therefrom are held for five or seven years, respectively, in an Opportunity Zone project.Provide for a full exemption from capital gains taxes on all future capital gains on the invested funds if an investment is held for ten years following investment.

It's held on the last Tuesday of the Month at the Four Points Sheraton off Rt. 30. 

My high school reunion (I didn’t go) was held at “the barn on the meadow” or some such in SW Amarillo off Hollywood rd I think.

Is it odd that the seller isn't bugging the title company to get the title all clear so that they can release the remainder/leftover money that they held to them since they are still waiting on that money from the sale?

I understand that you can’t do a Fannie/Freddy cash out refi on a property held by an LLC.

Has anyone jumped ship from their 9-5 and realized it was a horrible mistake or think they could have held onto a W2 for a little longer?

Unless you have held it for more than a year.for example in this case you buy for 10K borrow 25K from hard money guy and get an appraisal at 50K. 

I've been a web applications developer for the last 12 years, and I'm really excited to mix my tech skills and entrepreneurial drive with some purposeful investing.I have some experience as that typical "accidental landord" and have held my first home as a rental for the last 10 years.