I've used all the investing strategies over the years except owning major commercial, which I am in the process of implementing now by buildinig a large, senior, (55 and older) luxury apartment building, using a successful model. I

I'm looking more in to doing it towards the end of the year and am still in discovery mode with Indy.

I think that whole business model is shady and exploitative in so many ways that I just can't get behind it.

The idea there is that if the IRA has enough resources to purchase the property using a non-recourse mortgage, it is capable of funding the transaction in stand-alone mode and therefore is not receiving any benefit from the access to funds of a disqualified party as a JV partner.  

Landlords who run their business thinking 3 to 6 months reserves and massive debt is OK.. are the ones that are in panic mode right now.. 

But when the time came for me, I went into some kind of survival mode and couldn't operate.

If you’re not ready to pivot into that mode, and you don’t have a sizable cash cushion, and the deal isn’t priced right for the actual condition, don’t be shy to tell your agent that you’re backing out based on inspection results.

Others their 100% business model is wholesale and they don’t have contractors in place to do any work.

Do not become a BP Scrooge and feel you have to go into fiscal survival mode to reach your goals.

Raleigh has been on my list for a while -- went to undergrad there, and it seems like the city (along with Durham) are in growth mode.