In my book, if ordinary people had the foresight to buy an alternative investment and earn 20% or 30% returns, and then get out, that counts as a success.

I could work my normal job (low paying hourly job) and come up with a bit of cash by next year, or alternatively I could find a new job or side job.

Or is there an alternate way?

I too have been attempting to sort through all this L/O and SAFE Act manutia.I've read of a couple alternatives, like having a standard lease parallel to standard a purchase agreement, with an extended escrow closing, 12-18 months out.

I've been looking for alternative solutions and believe I may have found one . . .

Afterall, they do not want to make a decision like that only to find out the buyer and seller do not agree on price and terms.An alternative strategy, since the balance is only $3K, is to have the B buyer pay the additional $2700.00 out of his pocket.

I'm interested in this as an alternative to Bank CD's but also for the potential to actually acquire a property.

I think it is fun to drive around and look at properties and I think the only thing that is holding me back with some things concerning Real Estate is the knowledge about how things work and my alternative options with certain scenarios.

I apologize if this has been covered in another post, I tried my best to search through all of the other double close posts. Here is my question.

I am pretty well versed in the art of the double close as well as the ...

Also, we're in the Philadelphia area so if anyone knows anything about the Philadelphia REIA or a better alternative it'd be greatly appreciated :mrgreen: Our RE knowledge is pretty limited so far, just a couple of college kids trying to get into the business.