Otherwise, from a planning perspective, you may want to get a non-recourse loan from the onset for the purchase of the real estate--that way the other IRA funds can be used for improvement costs.

No indicator of any crash, just a shift in a business model.

Being newish to real estate investing, myself, I'd be happy to bounce ideas with ya', if you need another newbie's perspective -- even if we can only do it virtually (though I do get out to Pittsburgh a few times a year to visit family). 

This would be the preferred method from the Buyer's perspective because they are receiving title upfront.

Disagreements will occur, but each disagreement also adds another perspective for everyone to learn from, both right and wrong.

Also, try and identify an asset that has more 2 to 3 Bedrooms more than the make shift 1 Bedrooms and Studios.

Thank you Chris for advice and the perspective.  

To use that info to judge where to buy a property you'll need to consider what demographics are moving to the city, what the housing trends are for those segments of the population, see if that's something that will continue over the next 5-10 years, consider what happens to those folks once they shift gears a bit (do they stay in the city?

From your perspective what are the best crowdfunding platforms?  

Since surveys not usually recorded in the public records, any survey you locate is of little use from a purchase perspective other than for you to see what "may" be the property boundary lines and possible easements.