You don't want to loose your influence points or get a bunch of folks that are willing to break the rules by answering you here.

I've found motivated sellers wanting to sell properties with deferred maintenance at a substantial discount (about 2/3 of these units came from the same seller).

so maybe that influenced the bank some...

Let me rephraseMy goal is to have substantial retirement funds.

Substantially all of the text of the bill (H.R. 3606) just passed and signed into law consists of changes to the Securities Act of 1933 (the 'Act').

For a first deal, I would think a simple deal that has substantially fewer deatils is more appropriate.

Seems like with county property card data I could look at property age, size, type (style), etc. and possibly establish my own "conformity index" attribute since I would control the algorithm and the inputs are static property card data, not influenced by market dynamics or an outside data source.

I feel much more comfortable plopping my money down on a roulette table, at least you know the odds and potential outcomes.Until the market goes back to the good ol' days where stock prices were based on the underlying fundamentals of the particular company, it seems like a waste of time and capital to me.Why not put your money into something that you can influence the performance of?

I dont require as much cash flow for a property with substantial acraage, but the numbers still have to work.

Furthermore, the bank has substantial costs associated with exercising a due on sale clause.