Combining this with tours or small events can add extra income.Lease Mineral or Water Rights: Depending on the area, leasing mineral or water rights can be a potential income stream if there are valuable natural resources under the land.

Also its my understanding that if he bought the note for lets say 10k  and it had an unpaid balance of say 25k  all arrears and cost including on the opening bid and if it had sold 3P at the sale for say  40k  Bob would get his 25k .. which would give him a 15k profit on the deal and the extra 15k would go to next in line if their were leins or the trustor/owner who lost it. 

Alternatively, partnering with a reliable GC can help you scale without adding extra responsibilities.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

I'd only play with extra money and pull back gains as it's super volatile.And it's not investing to me.

With the election over and the New year approaching ,its a waiting game for that extra 1/2 or full point to come down.

Otherwise, you won't have the extra funds necessary to cover the rising costs of goods and services in the future.What causes rents (and prices) to increase?

., new renovation, outdoor space, free parking, in unit laundry, extra storage, utilities included in rent.   

Jay mentioned the collateral backing the fund and if you want to compare something like a PPR fund backed by non-performing notes (at least when they bought them) to a fund having all performing notes, in solid real estate markets with real collateral values I cant see why anyone would want to take on so much extra risk with no reward? 

That would the extra 5k would technically come out of my own pocket, right?