The deals you are seeing from developers, mostly either have the developer putting their own balance sheet on the line or having enough of a track record that they don't need to put all their chips on the table.

While there is no bright line on what makes an active or passive investor (in order to differentiate between a securities offering versus a JV), someone who is active is first and foremost a business partner and is actively contributing a unique skill.

The talking heads in stock investing were doom/gloom (regardless of who would win 2016), claiming it might be time to take ones earnings and winnings off the table. 

Follow the money by putting yourself in scenarios where you are sitting at the same table or mingling elbow to elbow with those who are looking to make their money work for them! 

In effect, you cover the difference ($200,000) that the buyer is asking for, which allows you to show the IRS that 100% of the money in the sale went directly through your escrow account and toward the purchase of valid 1031x replacement property.Acting as the lender, you now bring the full amount of cash (the face value of the note) to the closing table.

Just a tree with simple ornaments, something for the centerpiece of the table, a cute wreath on the door, and holiday print oven mitts and kitchen towels.

@Jeremy Pope To me, the first step isn’t thinking about what you need from others, it’s understanding what you bring to the table and where your gaps are that need to be filled.

It all comes down to a unique scenario and that is why we as Banks or you as a lender require LOX, LOE's Letter of explanations!

Are there any unique exit strategies that you could highlight?

Facilitated the sale of this unique, rural 80-acre farm property in NE Washington.