Jon Hammer (yes his real name) is the GC.

However, by not paying taxes up front and on earnings along the way, the plan is to accumulate a much large amount of savings that if the money were taxed and in your hands today.The same limitations apply to an IRA in the stock market, but of course nobody thinks about swinging hammers on their IRA's stock portfolio.The "Should I keep the SDIRA?" 

Like others have said, I'm glad you are still in the game despite anything that may have happened with other companies, and that you are smart enough to know that one company doesn't represent the entire industry.I've primarily bought turnkeys since I started in REI, with only a couple exceptions, so I've been around them a lot and they are basically the reason I'm in REI at all... they fit perfectly with the idea that I have no interest in swinging a hammer.

That means value add, hiring contractors, remodeling property, and swinging hammers if necessary.

Find common ground.Otherwise there is not much you can do if the hammer comes down.

It's not 'retro' like an agent describing something completely shot/hammered - it actually looks really good! 

I came through the house flipping spread sheets' website where they offer different excel sheets for flippers from analyzing to budgeting to marketing to scheduling etc...and thought about sharing this here to see if anybody have purchased their spreadsheets to  advice me and give me their feedback.As for finding the wholsesale deals in LA, i came through myhousedeals.com too and they've been hammering me to upgrade my profile to a VIP membership ever since i created a free account a week ago.

I also understand that the entire planet has hammered this over and over and over again, so much so that people all over are parroting this, hereby reinforcing it and spreading all these misconceptions like a virus.

It is great for the seller tax wise of this is their rental, but the county will record you buying at the lower price and you will be hammered for an extra $265k 'gain' when you sell.Plus it could be seen as mortgage fraud, tax fraud, all kinds of stuff.50% down is just dumb for you and unrealistic.   

This is becoming more of a buyers' market, so negotiations are happening instead of just hammering with offers.