There’s many strategies such as finding properties that are stagnant on MLS and low balling but my favorite is still an old fashioned hand written letter saying “I want to buy your house” your response is only 1-4% but nobody else is fighting for the property.Curious to hear what works out in AZ?

@Randy Johnston  yes there is a carve out for 3 a year.. and you may not hold yourself out as a lender in any fashion IE go to meetups and announce your a lender or advertise on craiglist or any other manner.this carve out for 3 a year is basically to accommodate those that lend in their IRA's. 

I also have around 100k of capital I could deploy, whether it be in a syndicate or some other fashion.

We'd be on Wall Street and manage some hedge fund making billions.I'm a 20+ year investor...and a lender...and I don't want you to borrow in this fashion. 

I think construction to perm loans work in a similar fashion.

But for you to buy your brother out you would be purchasing his interest in the trust and not actual real estate as 1031 requires.I'm not an estate/asset protection attorney but I'm wondering if the trust itself could simply buy out your brother in some fashion. 

Definitely seems a lot more easier to do in the States than Canada but I guess its always worth it do the old fashion methods and go door to door

including "the old fashion way" of spreadsheets, etc.

The old fashion way.

I do honestly believe that what comes around goes around and this guy will in some form or fashion get what he deserves, likely may not come from me but none the less, karma catches up to everybody.