If you are going to invest in class C I strongly recommend you physically go visit the property and the area with your own two eyes.

We finally closed our physical office in 2024.

Staying at flamingo island using Marriott points and Hyatt casino using Hyatt points flying business with AF flying blue to Paris in Mag with my wife and 2 kids 45k points each leg, staying at an Airbnb paid cash and in Budapest at the W wirh 6 night cerficatesgoing to Italy in September flying economy in Iberia for 4 people, 25k Alaska points one way ($1000 per person when i checked) staying at the grand Victoria hotel in lake comp with my 3 night Hilton verticales ($1300 per night value) still planning the return and the rest of the trip

I don't care what the currency is because I own physical assets with intrinsic value.

Today, many local newspapers are available for free or for a small fee online, so you don’t have to purchase the physical newspaper.4.

Heck go to the casino and put it on roulette wheel of black or red. 

People still think it's a junky casino town which is just not the case anymore. 

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

The 3rd thing that has reshaped my entire opinion of the tax advantages of real estate, is seeing my 88 grandfather holding five quite valuable illiquid properties, long story short it’s a mess, it’s causing family drama, he is in zero shape physically or mentally to manage them, the all have cap-ex needs, again these were amazing buy’s literally multiple properties he bought for under 50k that are now worth over a million but there is probably a time and a place for owning real estate, so I don’t really have a need to own more than maybe a few properties into retirement.

As long as there wasn't a lien recorded on the physical title itself then there wasn't an issue.