I think you really have to be absorbed into the forums to start to understand who is here to just learn and converse and who is here to make a profit.

Being a broker in Western Washington and an investor in Tacoma, I completely understand the challenge of getting started in this market.

So it would be best for him to first understand how this would impact his taxes and estate planning then structure the sale based on that.

I understand that a fideicomiso is needed if we are wanting to own a property by a beach (which we would).

I have been trying to get more into creative finance, and understand it conceptually, but I appreciate some of the nitty-gritty details here.

I currently broker LIHTC multi-family for a large firm coast to coast and am also interested in MF in the Arizona submarkets as well, and will eventually invest on that scale - I just figure breaking into the state through SFH flips may be a more risk adverse way to understand the pros and cons to phoenix submarkets.

Yes, I understand the distinction. 

There is some solid structure to the program and a solid accountability piece along with getting to interact with highly successful people.

That will make it easier to truly understand the numbers if you only focus on a few areas throughout the US.Hope this helps!

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