Quote from @Melissa Sejour: I am new to the real estate investing space and was wondering how do you go about researching the best areas to purchase properties?

Purchase price: $62,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Project in progress: Off market dealPurchase: $62,000Rehab: $60,000ARV: $165,000 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Purchase price: $115,000 Cash invested: $42,000 Sale price: $168,000 Unfortunately, we bought this property as a buy and hold property, and our research led us to believe that this neighborhood was up and coming not in a bad area of Jacksonville.

Purchase price: $265,000 Cash invested: $200,000 1930’s historic home with a converted garage.

Hello Dana, For that purchase price in Brooklyn, NY, you could be looking at considerable unknown expenses at this point.If the property is occupied, you'll have to factor in attorney fees and holding costs while you wait to gain access to the property.Furthermore, you could be facing additional costs related to title issues: open permits, violations, liens, judgements, etc.

@Kwanza P.Here you can learn more about non-recourse loans:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/2810/46115-real-e...Here is a list of lenders offering non-recourse financing to Solo 401k:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/2810/50272-list-o...You protect your property by purchasing insurance. 

Purchase price: $241,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Turn-key investment property, with some Capex work including updated roof and lite plumbing fixes.

Purchase price: $241,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Turn-key investment property, with some Capex work including updated roof and lite plumbing fixes.

You can't actually pay it off directly because they've been securitized, and the people who invested in those securities did so because of the specific certainty of the payment schedule.What you do in a defeasance is use the proceeds of the sale or the funds from your new lender to purchase treasury bonds that are packaged to make the exact payment amounts and timings on the remaining term of the loan, and then assign those bonds to your old lender.

I purchased my first property in April of 2024.