That combined with a strong positive cash flow potential and an economical growth rate that rivals other larger metropolitan cities is a huge plus. 

Our tech scene may not yet truly rival that of the Bay Area, but the California markets are quickly pricing themselves out of some promising young talent - talent that has started looking east for lower overheads and a more dynamic, inclusive, culture.

With high end cell phones now the quality rivals some higher quality cameras.Maybe they use a photog to use software to touch up and make better what the broker/agent took.

As for off market deals, I'm not going to pretend that I'm able to rival what some CFRI wholesalers do. 

I'm from Chicago and know you are a smart guy or you wouldn't be going to Loyola (I got into Depaul, arch rivals!)...

Because of this my short term summer returns rival the winter returns. 

One of my properties (that one) still has a water/sewer bill that rivals the mortgage and is the #2 single expense on that property.

This is why the DST, TIC or a stand alone NNN property of your own make sense combined with the 1031.And while you're absolutely right to look deep at the actual costs and fees both entering and exiting a DST or a TIC project you can find cost effective quality returns that will rival or beat the stock market average - especially if you factor in tax savings and ongoing depreciation.The age old question on pay the tax now or pay the tax later can best be put into perspective running numbers. 

Even if it scares certain higher priced mortgage sellers.It is just starting in the US and if any of you like Graham, want to put up sites and sell this incredible new program, I will not be at all concerned with "competition" this program can help millions of Americans and thats whats most important, not competition amongst rival mortgage brokers.If any of you have contacts or the PR skills to work with the media, great!

Add the fact that you can take streams of income from funds that build tax deferred (and you can access tax free if you do it right) this can be a powerful rival for the IRA option.