Follow them but always try to do something extra to stand out.

So you need to do something to make your offer stand out.

You will recognize ordinary income on the gain to the extent the gain is attributable to “hot assets” (i.e. inventory items and “unrealized receivables”) of the LLP. 

I see it comes down to two basic categories: Building Attributes and Landlord Attributes.My mother passed away this year just shy of her 97th birthday.

All you need to do is spend time driving around and you will start to notice that you can find pockets that stand out as having better cared for housing stock.

" ~ John Wanamaker (attributed)

At the time of the purchase $50,000 was allocated as the share of the purchase price attributable to the land and $250,000 was allocated to the building.Dr.

I attribute my ability to invest “remotely” in SFHs to a team of people I’ve gathered over the years that look out for my best interests; primarily an excellent real estate agent and an outstanding property manager. 

In a performing market, it's human nature to attribute our gains to savvy investing (rather than overall trend) and to  thus over-allocate due to inflated confidence.  

typically cash.. but as has happened for this investor he was able to get financing.I attribute that to :1. his dad lives there so they have a local presense2. strong PG  strong credit and income3. some history in owning rentals not their first rodeo4.