My head is spinning on how to make this run as smoothly and efficiently to help maximize gains and bare minimum, break even after expenses.

If you’re interested in investing in real estate, you can consider doing so with a Self-Directed IRA to defer taxes on capital gains until you actually withdraw the funds from your IRA.

Laundromats and carwashes have gained popularity exponentially almost in the 6 years. 

The biggest gains come from going all-in on one market and really getting to know it inside and out.

I gained as much knowledge as possible during my three month course but eventually it came to an end.

Seller will be taking a 30k+ loss with this route.325k with 50K down to seller, 3 years of payments $1600/month, and a balloon payment of 215k at the end of 3 years.Benefits to me: (1) 10k less downpayment, (2) with the conventional route, the loan would be at 228k after 3 years of payments, so I will gain additional equity with the 2nd option since I will owe 215k (presumably I will have to refinance at that time).Benefit to seller: she gets over asking price, 50K upfront and $300/month of cash flow.Does this offer and structure sound reasonable?

It might cause me financial harm as I have to sell more stocks and might pay short term capital gains vs long term capital gains.

As the investor gains experience, they are not only able to more successfully foresee the “bumps” along the way, able to handle recessions, temporary negative cash flow, unforeseen capital expenditures without panicking, but will also recognize the opportunities necessary to turn a loss into a break even.

Some properties actually lose money each month but gain value through appreciation.

The seller's LLC pays capital gains tax and depreciation recapture, while the buyer's LLC uses the purchase price as the new cost basis.