Laws, regulations and best practice follows the thought leaders.

How great that upside is depends on the local political and business leaders down there.

We have been reading post after post for the past two years from (1) members who are fed up with the market (2) members who are having a hard time starting in a hot market and (3) members who have highly appreciated properties but don't have an alternative investment option if they were to sell or exchange.Deal flow is king in this market and you have to (1) put hundreds of deals through the funnel via marketing and networking or (2) you have to invest with someone who has it.I made a decision two years ago to do more of the latter...to start heavily vetting passive opportunities with experienced sponsors who have mature deal flow pipelines (i.e. deep broker relationships, industry leaders, full time staff dedicated to deal flow, consistent off-market properties)...while still casually vetting direct owned opportunities. 

I'm with Listing Leaders (main office just moved to Merrillville to be more central).

I'll forward it to my acquisitions team leader - Maybe, if we can create a win-win, you can intern with my company. 

Check out Listing Leaders and Prime real estate.

Many RE companies do PM as a loss leader because they work with investors.

@Dan Oxman you are not the only person to initially think cash could be invested and give rise to tax benefits, it is a common misconception.I have confirmed this with OZ leaders in our firm as well as a few OZ syndicators and the OZ lead at a large Big 4 firm.

You might say I'm not a licensed de-leader so that would mean I shouldn't be able to do it, but I also had some lead paint around some windows in my basement and the inspector said I could just put some plywood over the window and that would be considered safe. 

Most likely, the leadership will call a 'counseling session' during which they will melt the face off of the service member and everyone in his chain of command (some poor 22 year old lieutenant and his platoon sergeant and squad leader).