So, thats a fair amount of equity that you are pricing yourself out of due to not wanting to pay ~6% of your gain (federally anyway).Probably not as sophisticated as the Deferred Sales Trust, but an installment sale would spreadout the liabiilyt and maybe you could be federally taxed at 15% instead of 20%, thus saving 5%. 

If you want to gamble on appreciation just go to the casino and put it all on red or black at the roulette table. 

This is no different than the stock brokers that were selling "just buy tech" in the late 90's or the real estate "experts" that were telling people "the sophisticated people are buying on interest only, ballon payment, loans, then selling before the balloon is due" in the late 2000's.

Further West is Hilltop which is a large area but also known for high crime, poverty, and the Hollywood casino.

With the Hard Rock hotel and Casino breaking ground, plus the residential development that they have planned for the area and the high speed rail coming I think there is still a lot to be had. 

ITS very hard to do this stuff .. sophisticated sellers or any seller that talks to an attorney is going to have a hard time giving you title to their property but they remain on the loan.. thats your biggest hurdle.Hey Jay, that makes sense if you plan on flipping but you can go higher on price if you are going to hold it for some time as a long, mid, or short term rental.

You would have to take $120K minus operating expenses before dividing by $1M.Seems like you need a more sophisticated spreadsheet to analyze properties.  

Much more sophisticated than many I have seen (I have never seen Brock's), but user friendly enough to not be overwhelming.  

I would think only sophisticated LPs would be able to make their way through these.

I have found working with regional/smaller - more sophisticated insurance brokers - I can make a more custom umbrella policy for this very reason!