The Solo 401k will likely be the better structure for you if you're eligible, which requires self-employment.A few Solo 401k benefits:Compared to an IRA, Solo 401k contributions limits are roughly ten times higher.There is no custodial requirement for the 401k.You can take participant loans from the plan.You don't need the additional expense and administration of an LLC to have checkbook control.There is a built in-Roth component whereas IRAs are either traditional or Roth, not both.A spouse can also participate in the same Solo 401k plan.The Solo 401k has additional tax benefits over an IRA when investing into real estate using leverage.

My buy-side contracts are structured very differently than my sell-side contracts.

I'm considering a new student housing development at a nearby university with a chronic shortage of student housing. I'm curious about financing the project - specifically, how would I convert it from what I assume wo...

The typical policy will cover the existing structure at Actual Cash Value (ACV = Replacement cost - depreciation) plus the cost of the renovation at Replacment cost. 

I'm an avid reader and actually take pleasure in this sort of research, but what frightens me -and this is no shade to all the kindness of info offered me by some of the industry professionals here-, .... is exactly that: There is such a largess of professional brokers, flippers, money managers, agents and companies vying for my attention that at this point, my instincts tell me to back into my tortoise shell, read a few books on this, and THEN come back into this information market.

•The investment could be structured in many ways: secured or unsecured promissory note, joint venture, etc.

Suggestions on how to structure this deal. 

The only time he's been close is when someone came with cash, but the wife of the guy with cash put the cabosh on the deal.Any ideas on how to structure something like that?

@Matt Hudson It would be nice if insurance premiums were easy to estimate, but it is also probably nicer that insurance policies are perfectly tailored to the needs and specifics of a certain structure.

If you lease to own how would you structure it?