I personally sort by date, not relevance, to ensure you're not reading someone's review of software from seven years ago that no longer applies.

Good afternoon BiggerPockets, Long time lurker, occasional commenter but first time poster. I have been interested in REI for quite some time. As as small business owner, I feel that this is my best avenue to retireme...

Brent Daniels has great free content on Youtube that is sort of like a tutorial if you want more info.

What's making other markets hot is the number of people leaving NYC and San Francisco for the more affordable markets, so those people leaving should be opening up some sort of inventory to give you, counter-intuitively enough, more of a chance to find deals there than anywhere else. 

Regardless, I would have to keep the tenant as it was part of the deal…sort of.

With that said, its not totally impossible for someone in those markets to see some sort of value in those properties that may not be visible to the untrained eye.

If somebody wants to take some sort of percentage wthout putting up capital and expect to be compensated no matter which way the deal goes, then they aren't an investor.The attorney should advise you to make sure the roles are such that there is some sort of tie breaker...If you really want... 

However, when I'm deciding whether to invest in the stock market vs real estate, I sort of HAVE to take an educated guess at what the returns will be on each to make my decision.

If anybody knows a Real Estate Broker in the Sacramento area who'd be willing to take me on, I would really appreciate the lead.Either way, I'd really be grateful any sort of input.Thank you all in advance,Attila

Every deal is different and I'd definitely make sure you have a relationship with these people you are trying to structure the deal with and have some sort of rapport there.I'd be interested in seeing the deal.