What is the benefit of doing this, and if its for a rental, wouldnt you have to refi to get a good rate for holding the property?

The benefits are that you don't have to actively be involved managing the property, it provides both monthly cash returns (based on the rents it gets) as well as equity growth and appreciation, and it is much easier to do an even-money exchange into a TIC.

Secondly, to have an IRA fund a portion and you fund a portion requires a lot of things as an IRA owner may not personally benefit from the IRA investments (prohibited transaction), as such, certain requirements must be followed to do such a thing.Also, there was mention of buying, fixing, then re-selling.

So, I'm not sure that there is any benefit to plugging numbers into a calculator when you could simply use the formula above.

And you get the benefit of having 40 past ones to catch up on.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

And you get the benefit of having 40 past ones to catch up on.

They could lose their MLS privileges, and they won't see much benefit coming their way from it.

Also, I'm wondering if people have thoughts about the benefit of owning the units as a block from a wholesaling perspective, or from a buy and hold position, etc.

There are also some benefits for both owner and tenant.

Most of them have very high HOA dues (if they're a good complex in a good area and they take care of the place)and you never know when you might get hit with an assessment that may not even benefit from whatever the work is that's being done.Best of luck!