We syndicated 75%, plus costs of the purchase price and financed the balance with a traditional loan.We shopped around for weeks to find the perfect loan with the best rates and terms.

We are a team of five employees, and our work involves renting land for a number of years, designing and developing buildings, and managing them—including renting and maintenance.It’s an exciting yet challenging new chapter in my professional journey, and I’m eager to learn and grow alongside all of you.One of my key goals is to modernize our company’s workflow, which is currently reliant on traditional pen-and-paper methods. 

Traditional lender financing with 30-year fixed loan and 25% downpayment.

I don't have any apartments in the traditional/complex sense either, and I'm sure that turnover is higher in those.  

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.

@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.

@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.

That said, I completely understand your concern about deals looking "too good to be true" when you’re putting in 50% down.To avoid this, it’s best to analyze properties as if you were using more traditional financing (20-25% down).