So I would recommend you start your search in two main areas :  1) "bank foreclosure sales"  These are for properties foreclosed by the banks that hold mortgages in houses where the owner is not making payments.2) "tax sales".

Local banks are more likely than big ones. 

Call and talk to anyone connected to real estate: Agents, Wholesalers, lenders, banks, attorney's, surveyors, contractors, etc.... and ask a lot of questions.

In the podcast I hear a lot about building relationships with local banks and leveraging those relationships for future financing and creative financing options.

A commercial bank would be able to support a loan like this and they don’t care where the down payment comes from.  

Now I've "recovered" that liquidity and now that my proportions of principal and interest (PI) every month is much more in my favor than the bank's favor, it's just like having saved up all this time to go out there and buy another property.

Would it be best to go to a small bank or credit union?

Does anyone have infor on banks or institutions that offer real estate IRAs?

43 total units for 1.8 million-  Northeast Ohio, and hour from Pittsburgh and an hour and half from Cleveland6 six-plexes and 1 seven-plex C to C+ properties in a B locationBuildings will need roofs over the next 5 years, but no other major structural issuesIt appears to us that rents are at fair market value for the area, so there would be little room to adjust them upBuilt 1988-199027 units are one bedroom, 16 units are two bedroomWalking distance to several nice restaurants, gym, fast food, bank, multiple other commercial businesses.

Then use 1031s to consolidated your holdings into fewer or bigger assets or assets that are passive and enjoy life.One other note about 1031 is that it may have value with the properties you own now in that if they are not the greatest performers you can actually access more cash equity from a sale than from a refi .