gj=co2&rv=co2&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJDgxNWRhNzJhLTM4NjUtNGQwNi04YzRkLWVmZWEwODI0MTg1NQReal Estate Lawyer - there’s a team and Shelley Himes, Senior Law Clerk can direct you to the appropriate contact.They do mobile signing via iPad and it’s amazing - no more going to a lawyer’s office unless you want to!

I also do contract for deed, low closing costs but I strongly suggest you close a CFD at an attorneys office (gives feeling of official and legal,,, which it is).Have a written contract for performance, quartlerly inspections and penalties if no work or poor quality.The summary is:  these rarely work out. 

As far as the investor friendly brokerages, just interview them when you go check out offices.

@Deepak Kumar, I live in Northern California and closed on an 8-plex a week and a half ago and am in contract on a 44 unit in Tucson as we speak, so I can’t speak from experience as of yet but I agree the Tucson market looks good in my opinion.In regards to job growth, Caterpillar is moving it’s headquarters to Tucson (google caterpillar and Tucson) and Geico is building a corporate office there.

I made the same argument at first as well for someone with multiple rentals (As I do for like...home office deduction, if you're managing 5 rentals, collecting rents, screening tenants ect...I am comfortable taking that deduction- I was going to apply same here but saw a no aggregation wording) 

Though I'm a licensed real estate agent, in southern CA there are some REALLY well established offices that work the high end listings, and have their marketing down like a well oiled machine.

Long-term appreciation is big because I wouldn't intend to sell anything until retirement (30+ years from now) I am also in a very high tax bracket and hopeful that real estate investments may enable more deductions.Commercial:1) I've shied away from retail strips due to feedback from banks desire to not lend there and overall amazon impact2) Looking primarily at small office complexes (2-4 unit) with service businesses - anything to look at for with office buildings?

If not can you refer me to any agents or offices that specialize in foreclosure properties?

I was sitting in a lender's office waiting for the banker, when I spotted this article. 

Let me know if you want to talk in detail about it; I'm Chief Investment Officer of a REIT based in NYC.