Hey Roy,If it were me and I wanted to have both consistent cash flow (that beats what most investors get with rentals), and growth, and a timeline of about 5 years, I'd invest in a syndication.I work at a real estate investment advisory in Denver and we specialize in helping clients invest either in DSTs (1031-exchangeable syndications), or alts (cash syndications).Our offerings are underwritten by our managing broker-dealer and are only open to accredited investors, but here's an example of one:Cantor Fitzgerald may have a self storage facility in Vegas, let's say.

But there are some cases where we have dealers that send us properties first because it meets our criteria & because we have dealt with them for years.

@Charles BurgessJoin some groups like left field investors, review some broker dealer sites, search sec website for Edgar to search who has filed form D’S or regulation a offerings

Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones: @John Hawks how did you get a deal under contract without financing already set up?

While a dealer may skid by a technical violation on one hand, the punishment may be applied under other laws and done so to a much greater extent due to the surrounding facts.  

@Matthew Irish-Jones thank you for the feedback.

$500.00 gone.Folks, you need to calibrate your BS Meters, get off the internet, I don't know of an industry that has more scams running and predatory dealers than real estate, in a local survey a few years ago around here, the professionalism of used car dealers was rated higher than Realtors/Landlords.

Hey all,After years of reading, years of saving, years of podcasts, ive finally put an offer in on a house in which the dealer accepted!

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Quote from @Matthew Irish-Jones: @Chris Gavre.