Purchasing 1,000 acres of raw land in the middle of Wyoming might be considered speculation, but investing in an area that is well established and poised to see growth over the long term isn't.

There is one restriction in the First Amendment and it specifically says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".

Our current focus is on establishing a steady pipeline of deals through networking and expanding our marketing efforts.

Conor Lehane, while establishing and maintaining lender relationships helps, it will not override the underwriting criteria for a lender to make a loan in most cases.

Be very careful with this, you need to make sure that you follow your established criteria.

And i'm actually somewhat optimistic about my ability to establish such a team as I have a bit of experience owning rentals already, and worked as a recruiter for a bit.

Josh really has established a fine online community.

Hey @Nate Wiger, as a few members already outlined, there is not true hands off investment, but with an established team in the area it only takes a small amount of time to check in on your properties.I work with a lot of investors from CA that 1031 into small multi-family or multiple single family properties in the Phoenix/Scottsdale areas for long, mid, and short-term rentals. 

But there have been some situations where the IRS has decided that even a hold period of more than a year was not long enough to establish the intent to hold.

As long as you purchased at least as much as your net sale (approx 1,062,000) and as long as you used all of the cash to do that ($400K) you will defer all tax.The DST leverage only establishes how much you actual purchase - Take the cash you invested and multiply at the leverage position as Account Closed suggests.