Don't start throwing ideas at them like seller financing or numbers etc until you have an idea of if they actually intend to sell and what their needs are around the sale.This is very practical advice and I agree with the sentiment about not going into a conversation presuming anything about where their headspace is at.

@Allen Masry to echo everyone’s sentiments here, be patient, educate yourself because as quick as that money comes, it could go away just as quick if you make hasty decisions, especially on people giving advice on Internet forums like these.That being said, settlements take much longer to come in than you might think.  

I've been a client of SDIRA Wealth for the past decade, and I echo Susan's sentiments about their exceptional educational offerings and the numerous benefits of accessing new construction build-to-rent properties through them.

Thanks Joe, I truly appreciate that, both in sentiment and direction. 

I disagree with your sentiment about a bull market correlating to my genius I just manage risk properly with a model I have ran for years and in the past month / month and a half have made almost another 100,000.

This action reflects an alarmingly popular sentiment that rental housing belongs to the state, not its owners.

I definitely agree with your sentiment regarding borrowing from family/friends, and I don’t want that kind of strain on my relationships.

My market has many people with this sentiment.

I've had a hard time coming to that realization, it's a home with sentimental value that we figured we'd keep forever to give to our kids, but that's the parent in me.

With that kind of sentiment from the city, the application to build a 6.9 million square foot expansion of the Hoffman Town Center, which is what the lots are all currently zoned for, is highly likely to be approved by the end of the year, possibly pushed to 7.6 million square feet, and will be completed over the next decade.