By having the right verbiage reviewed by a RE lawyer, a wholesaler can stay complaint with the law as well as explain to the buyer the nature of the assignment and what exactly they are doing.#3 Double Close Versus assignments.Simply put, double close to protect the wholesalers & all related parties much better than assignments.

LED lighting is an alternative for your parking lot.

Liberal/socialist policies that favor renters over LandlordsIncreasing taxes and government regulationProperty prices make cash flowing difficultLow-quality rentersOver-crowdingOne natural disaster can shut down the entire stateJust to name a few examples.

That background, combined with my own natural curiosity, has taught me how to identify where both municipal and private investment trends are heading in the neighborhoods I know about. 

And if you're not wanting to be a land lord any more then a move to something like a DST (Delaware statutory trust) or Tenant In Common (TIC) give you an alternative that provides well within the same returns as your index fund these days while still maintaining the tax deferral of the 1031.

However, I buy multifamily apartments for cash flow, not for natural market appreciation. 

As an alternative you can lower the payoff amount to entice them to seek financing to pay you off.

Naturally, my first thought was to tackle a business plan in relstion to flipping and then revisit it and make revisions where necessary.

So naturally I’m very disappointed not to be able too use this anymore.I am curious as to what services everyone will be using to still adequately screen tenants without adding a lot of time and cost to the process?  

You’re going to seek out alternative financing and lending.