It's not a traditional school building.

There's some traditional lenders in there, too.

When it corrects there are typically just a greater amount of opportunity especially when there was a large run up to the correction by those who did not follow traditional risk mitigation measures when investing.

@Maria Jeanette Using a self-directed IRA (SDIRA) for real estate investment offers control over asset selection and tax advantages, such as tax-deferred growth (Traditional IRA) or tax-free growth (Roth IRA).

Quote from @Stuart Udis: Not creative, but good real estate and traditional financing is almost always better than incredible seller financing terms and lousy real estate.

Do you need an agent who is highly familiar with the market or are you trying to bypass that?

@David ShirtsIn my experience, seller financing can be a game-changer, especially for properties with clear titles or when traditional loans aren't an option.

Obviously this is California spec building and not the traditional RE stuff I come to this website to read about :)I should not have said same as main house.

In addition, high cost RE markets traditional have greater rent growth than low cost RE markets.  

@Raj VardhanI agree with @Evan Polaski regarding the 6-Month Seasoning Rule: Most traditional lenders require a 6-month holding period before you can do a cash-out refinance.