While it's true I don't necessarily trust the pricing software algo, I really like the ease of accessing the data.

Unfortunately, unless you see the underlying financials as well as supporting data for those financials, you do not know whether there actually was cash from operations to pay your distribution or not. 

Paul and Special Financing Company both  promised they would take care of this by December 27th and then just today in the mail I got two letters saying that they had transferred my loan to another company...That is the most insane thing I have ever encountered in all the years of dealing with shady businesses on the internet-!!!!

Just because the deal may not fit our criteria, there are many other syndicators that will.I finally decided to make that data available to other sponsors that easily makes up for the time/effort that goes into it.

I'm looking at expanding into out of state and just trying to figure out what questions I should ask/data I should gather to make an informed decision!

Plus, other routine tasks like transferring loans and providing payoffs were way more difficult with them than it should have been.

Talk to a mortgage broker or lender experienced with LLC-owned properties before transferring ownership.

On the other hand, pros include increased cash flow, engineer-based data for the clients CPA, audit protection (with the right firm) and the ability to deflect that recapture fee with a 1031 transaction.

It would/could be only 15% capital gains tax and yes you could/would deduct all selling costs including commissions and transfer taxes.

The way we process distributions is once they submit a request, they must fill out a redemption form from our transfer agent (who holds the shares/ manages cap table).