This allowed them to keep part of their funds liquid for their personal project while still deferring some taxes.Also, I noticed some great advice in earlier replies, particularly about HELOCs and the pitfalls of LLCs for 1031 purposes like @Maureen McCann explained it perfectly.

Certainly not by liquidating their retirement accounts that just suffered an historic drop in value.Do you feel that Oregon’s bias against landlords is a temporary fad, or a permanent change that may even worsen over time? 

Credit 700+, bank statements available, good liquidity position (almost enough in cash to purchase the property - but obviously know that's idiotic).  

I'm starting to liquidate my city houses in favor of the suburbs.  

As lenders, well issue a prequal/preapproval letter if we've analyzed your income, assets (bank and brokerage statements to establish that you have the liquidity to afford the down payment, closing costs, and reserves), review credit of the guarantors, review the relevant experience to ensure that we're not throwing our money away on newbies that are wandering around in the dark, and have put together a reasonable plan of attack for the project.

Hi Max, it all depends on how much liquid cash you have of course. 

They buy up lots in nowhere that you can do nothing with and then act like they've been liquidated by the government so they can sell them off supposedly cheap.

You want to add value and reduce expenses.Also, it is wise to have a healthy liquid reserve available when buying commercial real estate.I would call commercial real estate brokers and find one with a teacher's heart.

The customer signs our contract , we get 1 /3 down .Now people tend to thing thats for materials , thats partially right , First it secures you a time frame , if you cancel we keep the deposit as liquidated damages .

I’m wondering if $23k of my own liquidated funds is reasonable to start looking for an investment property?