This has been around forever made famous in Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" from 1906.  

For instance, I'd buy any functional house for the price of infinity, if I could only pay $100/mo for perpetuity. 

I have seen instances where a 1031 exchange was not required such as1) The overall gain from the sale of the investment property was very small or even negative2) The taxpayer had enough passive loss carryforwards to offset the gain.A 1031 exchange is a very powerful tool put it has to make sense before going forward.

In one instance I was told that the seller was expecting 92 to 94% of UPB, which was in that scenario equivalent to a 85% LTV, and I thought this was too high for the amount of risk and unknown involved.I would love to be buying these around 50 to 60% LTV but don t know if that s realistic currently?

For instance, I've reached out to cost segregation companies in San Diego that will base land vs building value on whatever split the tax assessors report shows which many times can be around a 50/50 split. 

(A partnership tax return is due March 15th, so in this instance, the partnership return will need to be extended).2.

For instance, several cryptocurrencies exist for use in the real estate market.

For instance, at one point when I was working as a senior accountant in a property management firm, I was training a guy who was a CPA for 30+ years even though I was hired 2 months before him.I worked only in real estate accounting and financing and became CFO.

Thanks for any help’ Yes we're licensed there and FHA guides in one state apply to all states unless a state has a specific law that supercedes the FHA lending guideline.FHA is always 3.5% down minimum (in some cases less because you're using a DPA or down payment assistance program or 2nd lender to put down over all a lower down payment than 3.5%, Aka for instance 3.5% DPA + 96.5% FHA = 100% financing but just dont kid yourself this is fully 100% leverage and to be used with caution and carefully).In the case of 2-4 unit FHA is still 3.5% down payment @Matthew Kwan @Carlos ValenciaThere are rules regarding FHA such as:- primary residence - you must occupy one of the 2-4 unit property as your primary over 50% of the year and the underwriter needs to believe you will remain and have the ability to live in there, any deviation from this and you'll get a whole laundry list of conditions asking you to prove why you should be believed to be living or will live there (if this arises dont be surprised, it just means the UW doesnt believe you).- SS rule - self sufficiency rule - gross rents of all potential units 2-4  X gross rents at 75% needs to meet 1:1 or 100% of the monthly PITIA payment or greater.

Instead of saddling them with a $5M commercial property (for instance), you can turn that into 166k shares and divide them amongst your kids (who are in line to get a full step-up in basis when you pass away).Gotchas: The UPREIT is sometimes an option, and sometimes a mandate.