I have a couple of great contacts in the Portland area if you want to sit down and discuss with them.

Now this is where I start getting confused, I have yet to understand how to obtain an "assignment contract", which as we all know states that if I do not want to purchase the property I will assign an investor who will.

@Jimmy ReadyYou can contribute up to $5,500 to an IRA per year and this is an addition to being able to contribute to your employer 401k plan. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-particip...When an IRA invests in real estate and the IRA does not have enough funds to fully purchased the property, the IRA can obtain a non-recourse loan.

Feel free to PM me to continue a discussion.

Granted, I'm aware that the main discussion here is note investing on real estate, however, I'm slightly curious to hear some feedback.Does anyone invest in other types of notes or paper outside of the real estate variety?

Let me know if you'd like to discuss in detail. 

I am lucky enough that my wife is involved as well, I get to hear all the details and the ongoing city plans, discussions, and new businesses and investors coming into town.

Solution #5 would be if I could obtain an investment loan that would cover the purchase of the note, which would make me the new lendor, AND a rehab of the property.  

There is a rural property in the Kansas City area that I have an interest in wanting to buy, and I’d like to pick you all’s creative minds to help find a way obtain it with the lowest risk possible.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/32/topics/540...Good discussion in above post.