anything you guys say is very valuable, I am trying to expand my business, but have no idea how to build a functioning system. 

Now, I can defer paying capital gains taxes for 30 years, and I can do whatever I want with that money. 

After we repair and update all the units I believe we can get a gross rent of $5550/ month (but that is going to take a year or two to gain capital to rehab each unit.)All these tenants have been in these units for years, some as long as 30 years.

Our short term investing strategy is to get into small commercial complexes of 5 to 10 units to gain passive income.

Even after gaining my degree in business I still haven't forgot about my years working in construction and now I want to get back in and start building wealth with real estate by implementing the knowledge that I gained from construction as well as using the business skills that I have acquired from my job. 

Not a bad idea to gain an additional income from the same land!

I know out our way once you hand the check to the crier its over..WE have to have cashiers checks on the spot for full purchase price.if you found out the day of the sale their could be a chance to have your bank stop payment on the cashiers check but you would need to be a pretty valuable client for the bank issuing the check to do that for you..

Can anyone give me advice on figuring out how to secure a loan so I can begin investing in properties and be on my way to gaining financial freedom? 

The sponsor received: - An Acquisition fee (1% of purchase price)- An asset management fee (2% of gross collected rents),  - Cash flow and gain on sale was split 80/20, respectively between investors and sponsors. 

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