Brookfield’s new fund, for example, purchased the two-thirds stake in mall giant GGP Inc. that Brookfield didn’t already own.Brookfield’s scale enables it to get returns “you simply can’t get if you’re an individual investor buying an individual mall,” said Brian Kingston, chief executive of Brookfield’s real-estate arm.Blackstone’s global co-head of real estate, Kenneth Caplan, who declined to comment on the fundraising, said markets are fickle and whether or not there are opportunities to buy “can change pretty quickly.”Some funds are setting less ambitious fundraising targets.

I am not aware of the specific text that needs to be in my contract that will enable me to leave a deal at any time.

I am looking at rentals as a way to supplement my income and retirement.  

There are financial strategies that enable you to leverage your investments while diversifying them - for example, having $ in stocks and using that asset to collateralize a loan for real estate.

One option is to keep them all and use the rent to supplement my pension. 

I'd like to grow my portfolio to the point where it can match my primary income so that my retirement plan can supplement my real estate income.I found Bigger Pockets after buying and listening to an Brandon Turner's "The Book on Managing Rental Properties" after I had moved out of my condo and was prepping it to be rented out.

I've got it set up to enable the tenants to pay online, submit maintenance requests, etc., through the tenant portal.  

More important, if you have to send out 1099’s, an entity will enable you to use its FEIN instead of your social security number.

Supplemental health insurance here can be difficult for small companies and owner operators ... but there are often professional associations (such as those for consultants and realtors) which collectively purchase insurance for their members.With one of my previous companies we had a sales office in Raleigh, NC ... health insurance in your country was a serious burden for a small company.

As for me my job will not enable me the time or the funds to start in such an expensive state like CA.