I want to buy a 16 units multifamily but the majority of the funds for downpayment will be raised from investors. If I raise $400,000 from 200 investors, would this create an issue with SEC laws ? The approach will be...

I'm also nervous that we won't see the value of the property appreciate much in the Bedford area and that we may have trouble selling at a profit if/when we decide to exit.

Might I recommend a very VERY over looked area poised to explode in value and produce a better cap rate in the meanwhile.. 

Hoping like many to become a real estate investor over time, but for the moment I had a question which I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out:What would be the best / most appropriate insurance configuration in this situation:- My wife is the title holder for a single family home- She does not live at the home - Her parents live at the home, rent free- Her brother pays the mortgage on the home and he plans to rent out two rooms in the house to long term tenants (strangers)- Her parents will continue to live in the rest of the home, rent free (this is fine, just putting it here in case it affects the insurance)- My wife and I are able to visit the home at any time and do so regularly to see her parentsAll I want to make sure is that we (my wife) are covered from all angles on insurance.

Brandon, ultimately you will do what you think is best for you but it's been my experience that selling a cashflow property that is producing positive cashflow before the 5 to 7 year mark will usually lose you money.

They just put money in your pocket, not everyone would take the trouble to give you a call.  

Is this a troubling scenario?

You just don’t know what questions to ask at this point to keep yourself out of trouble.

Did you having trouble finding tenants? 

Going into something thinking your renting to middle class but you are renting to the poor is how people who are out of state get in trouble.