I've also filed a complaint with the BBB and found similar stories there and in two other placesIt seems that they have served some customers well in the past, but in my case they are only collecting money, and not marketing leads.

For individual units, the cap rate isn't too bad at around 2-5%, especially considering the appreciation, but I feel like I have money stuffed under the mattress with the large amounts of equity I have built up in them.My end game is to leave Beijing and move to the SW U.S. when I retire from my current career within the next 5 years. 

I don't think anyone has mentioned, but you need to make sure you are in the game for the long run.

Brian, I reckon your "skin in the game" should really be the deposit you've saved (over the last 9+ years) to directly buy property that you want to invest in!

Which honestly is great to know and great to have in your arsenal of tactics but not 100% my game. 

Hit me up if I can help or if you have any questions.If foreclosure auctions are your game, then go to every single one.

Anna Runkle I like that you have thought about the Pros & Cons but it sounds to me like you may be trying to “force” a purchase to get in the game.

Sagar some do a cash out refinance after they 1031 exchange into another property.It's all a shell game until the end anyways when your heirs get the stepped up basis.

Instead, Try "Sign up now so we can give you a custom quote".

He will stop into his businesses, buy things, talk to the workers and customers, ask them how things are doing.