A bit of wisdom that made me pull the trigger. 

-Playing in the large multifamily syndication space (100+ units) is extremely challenging on your own. 

I’ll keep you in mind if I don’t pull the trigger. 

I'm not strictly only open to connecting with a single person; a group of individuals like this would be extremely powerful. 

I've tried various things: shorter inspection time period (typically it's 10 days here, and if you do a 3 or 5 day inspection time you can be attractive b/c the seller can get it back on market quicker if you find something you don't like during inspection period); non-refundable earnest money (maybe $1000 of money that you will not get back for any reason on your side - not if the seller breaches-- should the offer not go to completion - this shows you are an extremely interested buyer, but you could lose the money, so use cautiously and with the advice of your agent who knows how to correctly write that into the contract); put a limit on the repair request no required by lender - cap it at $0/as-is, or $500; a higher earnest money - like $5000, shows you are serious.

However, if you intend to hold the property long-term or plan to pass it down to the next generation, you may want a smaller land value with a higher value to depreciable property since you won’t trigger a gain.

How do I contribute an encumbered property ($340K loan) to the LLC, let the LLC pay off my loan, but not trigger a 1099?

My STR property has extremely limited internet options, and I'm wondering if Google Fi is a better bet than the local providers that are likely unreliable. 

@Michael Windsor,I have done quite a bit of research in the past for Marco STRs and had a good opportunity in 2020 that I didn't pull the trigger on.  

But most likely, the market is extremely strong, and if this is a good area that people want to live in, then it will likely sell to a retail buyer who simply wants to get into the neighborhood and have another tenant offset his costs, but ultimately is not looking at it as an investment.