My further research indicated that any deficit in return on original loan amount is considered a "non-business bad debt" treated as short-term capital loss, but foregone interest is excluded (because individuals operate on a cash basis). 

Our thought is to create a separate entity that our current cannabis company will own a part of, give some equity to the right partner and then either have investors invest directly in that entity so that they have some ownership in every property we acquire or they can choose to invest in individual properties with our company. 

One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

The few things that haven't are slowly getting extended before end of day.On the contrary, if a practitioner is slammed or very busy on April 15th I'd be concerned that he/she has poor engagement management and/or time management skills...I'm done with this thread... 

Or allow the individual to partner and take an equitable share of the profits until I can pay them off. 

I have helped hundreds of Buyers, and these days, no matter how many searches I set up for them or individual listings that I see and send to them uniquely, they still seem to want to search on their own and hence do so. 

OR maybe a lot of the rentals in your area were recently renovated, or have a pool, or have amazing views, or a million other things that the property you're targeting doesn't have in which case you have to skew your estimates up or down...There's a million ifs in the data, whether you inspect individual properties or aggregate views of your area.

To add to the other comments: From what I understand, an agent cannot give you a blank contract because CAR forms are specific to licensed individuals and are a result of a paid membership required to gain access to the forms.

Having an individual invest directly into a family member's dealing using a retirement account may be considered a prohibited transaction.Furthermore, he would need a self-directed account.

For those new to investing in the Denver area, @Chris Lopez also hosts and co-hosts many classes and webinars in order to help an individual find the right investment strategy for the right person.