I don't want to get into too many details yet, but to sum up my experience so far. . . 

In effect, earnest money is just paying more of the down payment and closing costs upfront.”Keep in mind, this isn’t required, and it doesn’t guarantee your offer will be accepted.

My experience is that when people can afford to keep their expensive property, (sans a house), they rebuild.

Dramatic experience for both our tenants and us.  

For example, I own two large multifamily buildings, and when I tried to get a tax exemption for them, I had different experiences.

My day job is being a financial professional, so I have good experience with underwriting and sales that I believe can be translated to real estate.

In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

I would like to get your recent experiences with rent to retirement - positives and negatives. 

No syndication experience but there are about a dozen quality RV/Mobile home parks on market in Oregon, several with owner carry options that can be passiv-ish with management in place.

Jorge Newberry is the principal and a very good guy from my experience.