The discussion is open to all ideas and materials, but so far I've learned to paint with mildew primer in the bathrooms followed with semi-gloss paint, go with American Standard Cadet 3 style toilets, install commercial grid drains, still on the fence about high end laminate flooring or wood style tile, etc. etc. 

Sometimes I might find something on Zillow and Corporate Housing and we have rented from property management groups as well.

@Matt WardWith $1mil you will give you 2 choices Choice 1- Be independent: You could buy a single tenant building around $3 to $4mil with a long term national retailer that pays NNN with a corporate guarantee for 10 to 15 years This will give you easily 10% cash on your cash plus principal reduction and no tax due to depreciation etc so you could be making a clear $100k a year with no work Problem is what happens 10 to 15 years later if Tenant does not renew?

I will finance and GC the project myself, but I am not sure what the best corporate structure for an accounting stand point is for what I want to do is.Should I register the:- GC firm as an LLC or Inc?

Create a "personal captive" Qualified Opportunity Fund (needs to be a partnership or corporation -- not a single-member disregarded entity). 

Most Americans would be much better off to invest in the US with a loan than to invest in Japan all-cash. 

google Ingrid Robinson  Remington financial American Greed.this version these are off shore crooks or if they are here you will NEVER find them.. you can file a complaint with the AG's office is probably all you can do.. but to spend money on an attorney I pretty much guarantee you will just be more money down the drain. 

When it comes to private money lenders, they are much more flexible than the big corporations and other financing methods.

I have seen some self-rental of a primary residence, but it usually involves only a portion of the house as an 'office' for their S-Corp or Partnership. 

I started in 2011 when I retired from my corporate job and took about 50% of my 401K and rolled it to SDIRA to buy real estate.