Thanks for the welcome Brian and Andre hope to meet both of you and learn any tips or thoughts you may have regarding the real estate business.

What kris is probably alluding too is a land trust  as to not tip the bank these are all very old and established methods of ownership nothing exotic or new..

Send me a note if you want some tips on questions to ask.

I would love to connect one day or if you have any major advice or tips for getting started, please share them.

So much great information in them it's amazing what you can pick up from them if you are REALLY listening to them looking for tips or insights.i also look forward to seeing where this thread goes and hopefully many more will be willing to share their progress as well. 

@Brandon Thoennes, feel free to stop by our meeting on April 12th at the Hyatt Place of Garden of the Gods.

Thank you very much everyone for your responses, you all gave me a few valuable tips that I can use in my future dealings.

Account Closed thanks for the tips.

Just because VC activity is slowing and valuations are starting to tip over, doesn't mean we'll see a domino effect of successful private companies running out of cash. 

Additionally I was going to use a tip from one of the books and settle on a price, then raise the offer ~2% (assuming it's still within the budget) and having the seller pay closing.