Anyone active on here that invests in Oxford, NY?

I would find a local, active settlement company that works with a lot of investors and they can easily walk you though the mechanics of a seller financed deal.

For instance everyone has been talking Indy lately and there is little to no activity in the Indy forum.

You can also listen to the podcasts and stay active in the forums.

Additionally, renting is a passive activity, so the losses are limited.Flipping is active income.

@John HyreIRC 4975 references prohibited transactions as activities "between" a plan and a disqualified party. 

You can deduct 25k of rental loss if you actively participate.

For FHA, here are the stipulations for military out of HUD 4000.1: "(7) Military Personnel Eligibility (a) Standard Borrowers who are military personnel, who cannot physically reside in a Property because they are on Active Duty, are still considered owner occupants and are eligible for maximum financing if a Family Member of the Borrower will occupy the subject Property as their Principal Residence, or the Borrower intends to occupy the subject Property upon discharge from military service.

It's difficult here to differentiate between giving good advice and advocating mentorship programs, workshops or courses to advance your one on one activity and thus speed up the learning curve and timeline to reaching and stretching your goals.I personally have gone the journey from DIY wholesaling, flipping, seller-financing SFR and international Short Term Vacation Rental management and then arrived at commercial multifamily and self-storage real estate syndication due to the fact that it offers the maximum scalability, economy of numbers and at some point truly leads to passive, residual income and thus to time freedom and choice.Send me a colleague request to kick the tires, set up a call and get a few burning questions answered in real time, one on one. 

But I'll bet the Reader can sort the one from the other.......