The horrific things that happened to me forced me think of alternate ways to get into a home.

Some of the members/partners may not be eligible to use the STR strategy if the other members are material participants. 

Before I would personally buy a course, I would listen to/read all the free material on out-of-state investing (there's a lot out there). 

Generally a church in the neighborhood is a willing donee because they can use sweat equity and donated materials to make the property habitable again and either sell it or rent at below-market rents to someone in the church who needs that assistance.

Finding the property, negotiating, finding and managing any subs for work he would not do (such as plumbing and electric), purchasing materials, doing quite a bit of the labor. 

This means that the taxpayer that completes a Monetized Installment Sale has to disclose they completed one on their tax return and any advisor that materially participates in the Monetized Installment Sale has to disclose that they did so. 

A possible alternative to cash out is to sell the property to your family member, so that the property stays in the family and the equity is accessed.

You need to be materially participating in those hours for them to count. 

In most states the seller is required to disclose any material defects they are aware of.

Due to the price different between Toronto and SSM, retail buyers are seeing the pricing and they are 'great' deals to them, even though they have climbed this past yearObservation 3:  With material prices up, you would expect new builds to slow down, however in my conversations with GC's and builders they are slammed trying to keep up with the build demand.I would agree with Tyler that there are definitly portions of the city that I would not invest in.