@Bryan Hancock - You posted a quote regarding the 50% rule relating to SFR's.

How do you locate the things relevant to this business relatively easily?

I would suggest brushing up on future and present value calculations as you start making offers, only because it will help you identify what your offer is in relation to what a cash offer would be.Couple rules of thumb I follow.#1.)

Title deed related restrictions won't/don't apply to debt encumbrance.

Hard Money Lending and Apartment Ownership can both certainly do it.My concern is the combination that you are relatively new in REI, you are seeking high (and thus higher than average risk) returns and most dangerously, you seem to want it to be "automatic".

The fee, since it is a short sale, is probably related to a service for processing the short sale on behalf of the listing agent.If this fee is part of the purchase contract where you agreed to pay for title and closing costs, then you should contact the title company because they are required under RESPA to clearly describe any and all fees charged as part of closing.If you did not already agree to pay for the fee in advance, then call them on it.

We are talking about 4 or 5% of the money brought in as the commission. he would also do all continual client relations.

Hello,Last SDIRA question for a while :lol: I read this on another website;Due to conflicts of interest, neither you nor a close relative can live in the home now, as this would be considered a prohibited transaction with a disqualified person (IRC §4975(c)(1)(a)).

I think you have to be very cold and objective about evaluating whether they'll be good tenants.

I used to play the stock market, but with the relative risk and reward to investing in real estate, why continue, right?