Secondly, many condo associations are run poorly and have little in the way of financial reserves, so unexpected repairs, maintenance, or upgrades could translate into surprise special assessments that will gobble up your profits.Flipping off-market properties is a sound strategy, but it requires serious marketing effort.

I am close to putting a property under contract but need a wholesale contract, does Nebraska have any special laws for wholesaling and would anyone be willing to share their wholesale contract?

Don't try to use some internet lender or a mortgage broker that doesn't specialize in VA loans. 

What I don't know is: 1) whether the whole process needed to be started differently  (I can refer you to a qualified professional who specializes in partial exchanges). 2) whether you're interested in taking a passive approach on this (as this partial exchange would be into an asset managed by someone else.

Search the Chicago forum and prepare to be horrified by that thread.Here's one, but not the one I was thinking of: Chicago Landlord Returned Security Deposit, No InterestGood luck,Randy

@Rabeeya Khan I'm a Broker who specialize in working with in investors in the Oakland area we have done a lot of flips in the Bay Area over the years; I grew up in Oakland so I know it very well. 1.7mil sounds really high what street is it on?

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a special use permit (or other permit) that would let you build a 3 car garage with and ADU on top in my back yard? 

@Mike RyWhen establishing a LLC under the umbrella of a parent self-directed IRA LLC or Solo 401(k), there is nothing particularly special about that LLC that is required. 

That is just to say, to be prepared that you may not yet have enough equity there. 

We have an opportunity to buy a nice property in Georgia, but are told it's an "estate sale", with special rules.