So, if you have the down, and the deal is good enough, maybe you can sweet talk them, or hit the sidewalk till you find a banker/broker that can make an exception.Other than that, I'm not aware of any magic.  

Larger point: this isn't some magic trick that makes you never have to pay taxes.

are surely, certainly, working on something in the background that us common folk aren't enlightened to that will magically make a solution appear out of thin air and make all of our problems go away - is probably not a good idea. 

Nothing magic about a land trust.  

You had some magic words there, so, you're my guest and  I'll buy!

I started out in the custom home building business 15 years ago and have worked in various rolls in the residential construction industry and 20% seems like the magic number that most people go over budget by and that's when they swear they had thought of everything.

There is really nothing magical about a capitalization rate, or cap rate.

Will update tomorrow but going to magic city now.

If it is just a person without a realtor, just show up and show the house yourself, there is nothing magical about doing this. 

There is a circuit split that the federal courts of appeal have failed to resolve in the last 18 years since the first Series LLC statute was enacted in Delaware.Further reading: http://www.americanbar.org/publications/blt/2014/0...I don't believe the entity is any magic formula for real estate investors.