The influx of people also drove down the vacancy rates and rents are creeping up a bit but there is a constraint there due to the nature of employment in the city.Regarding 515 Campbell, it has some fairly significant challenges.

Retirement accounts such as IRA and 401k can be self-directed, and if you want to be able to do alternative investments then that is what you need.

Also, due to the transient nature of the tenants wear and tear is a minimum and the property looks just as good as the day we moved in. 

. ($6MM - $150MM)So, I guess it was only natural for me to acquire and/or to obtain other types of investment deals/proposals/offers from all the various investment sources, brokers, agents, managers and so forth.

Aliant Bank provides conventional, FHA, VA, and alternative lending products, Aliant's mortgage division combines a broad array of mortgage options with state-of-the-art technology that helps streamline the mortgage process.

Just a thought, but is there any reason you're not focusing on the more natural transition to controlling commercial real estate as opposed to going into flips?

However, you want to calculate carefully because if your basis is 200K then you would pay the tax on all 200K of profit so there would be no benefit to the 1031.One possible alternative might be to use the entire amount in an exchange and sell for 400K and buy for 400k (thus sheltering all the tax).  

@Brandon Clymer there are alternative programs out there, but the more flexible terms only apply to commercial properties, or habitational properties of 2 or more units. 

Or waiting for "natural" rises in property values?

My existing contact has increased the closing costs so I am looking for alternate options.