They do not underwrite any deals, they're simply managers of their pipeline, making as many touches as possible, and focusing on qualify conversations.

They were very intrigued with my interest and ambition in real estate at a young age, and I had valuable conversations with them.

One year we discovered that mice were in our "private" closet, eating boxed and bagged food, while nesting in some towels. 

This meeting we propose would NOT be intended as a "competition" with that one.What we are considering, however, would be focused less on information and more on informal networking, and learning through guided conversation and possibly even opportunities for evaluating or pitching deals.

(Investments)  We deal with sensitive information regarding our tenants and their private information. 

I am currently interning at a real estate firm in Scottsdale, AZ and am learning a lot about private equity real estate investments.

Because of the prohibited transaction rules, doing so could be a violation of the rules, or at the very least, would limit your flexibility with the investment and increase the chances of a prohibited transaction occurring after the investment is made.Here are some alternatives to commingling the assets: using the Solo participant loan feature to do the deal outside of retirement funds using non-recourse financing from a lender or private source in combination with retirement funds as the down paymentusing a 401k or IRA and partnering with non-disqualified persons

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I live across the street from a private, Catholic school and church.

Also, I'm gearing up to move forward with my first flip I have a private investor I've done tons of research (Big BP fan) Ive analyzed deals (only on BP) after deals, i just don't know exactly were to start?