I always got the impression that he had a bad criminal record or never got his high school diploma/ GED equivalent or some other issue was preventing him from getting a license, because he was basically just brokering without a license but calling it consulting (I don't know any of that to be true for the record, that was just the impression that I got from his comments and might explain why he used a fake name?). 

Coz Strongsville has good schools, but less employers. 

If you're near a medical and/or law school, monthly rentals are preferred by those who are preparing for board exams over vacation rentals as well as by visiting professors. 

A college student getting an engineering degree should consider different approaches, even if he decides to deploy some/all of the inheritance in real estate, than a high school dropout working a minimum wage job. 

Another example was when a shady seller's agent manufactured a magical ghost bidder, on a house that was just languishing, after we had a deal to get me to bid against myself on the house.

But, if a cost-seg study is done on the old property, you can manage Sec. 1245 recapture tax by doing a study on the new property to confirm it has as much or more Sec. 1245 property.You cannot swap a fully depreciated gas station for a raw piece of land and avoid recapture - you must replace all the 1245 and 1250 property.3) OZ - Sure you can defer your capital gains for a few years into an OZ fund, but the magic of OZ investments is the ability to achieve tax-exempt growth after a 10-year holding period.

*In addition to the $7,000 weekly salary that she drew from ORES, Van Gundymisappropriated more than $5.7 million in investor funds for her own personal use, spending thosefunds on a variety of purposes, including payments for her nanny, private school tuition for herchildren, veterinarian bills and boarding costs for horses, cash withdrawals, auto payments, retailstores, and debt extinguishment, among other personal expenses*

Heck, some day I may even be a client of yours looking to purchase a place near the U if my son decides to go there when he graduates high school, LOL.

This is apples and oranges.Evan, you are very wrong again.I am investigating syndication track records OUTSIDE my investment and most of them are busted.I could talk more but I just don't want to give name in public , so these are general statement.Dont just say everything is fine when public money lost money left and right, they are the one that makes you able to pay your kid's school.

Real estate will not be your magic ticket out.