. ^^^ This Here ^^^^^^^I worked for a company that bought land before entitling it and in 2008 they went under because they owned all this land, were paying carry on it and could not get it entitled.You get it under LOI.

Then you look at Japanese banks searching for yield b/c their carry trade is losing money are moving further out on the risk curve purchasing these CLOs.

Whereas my other LTR rentals B,C,D,E etc, can accumulate/share deductions and losses , as well as carry over.

Hi John,For something of this size, the seller might be willing to carry a portion, but odds are your lender wont approve of it.I would look for an equity partner if I were in your boat.

If they are ok with carrying the financing and don't need large amounts of cash right away, this may be a good fit for them.

Examples: Medical Professional Financing (stronger rates and limited down), low down payments of 3.5-10% on jumbo primary, second home or investment properties, 10% down for investment properties of 1-4 units (with no PMI) and portfolio or private loans with attractive ARM or seller carried rates we negotiated. 

Their ability to financially carry projects is incredibly important.

If you are a buy-and-hold investor, the strategy is to try to buy one or even two properties a year (or every other year or every few years) to give you enough depreciation to carry you over to the next property that's going to give you that depreciation wave to save you money the entire time.

Here are some pros and cons to try and help you: PROS: 1) Despite no match, you are still contributing to a 401k, which carries unique tax-advantages (Tax-deferred or in the case of Roth, tax-free growth).

To extend an olive branch there are plenty of bad real estate agents that also push things onto their clients, but those individuals work under a broker who carries a fiduciary duty to their client.