Alternatives: What about a note/DOT at max (10%) interest, plus a separate equity split agreement?

I'm just looking to gain a more detailed view of an alternative to being a lender.

Alternatively, depending on how much of the loan is seller financed, you may be able to defer the taxes on the principal over time.

But, like most jobs, it will take some real effort on your part and some amount of money to make a deal.There are other alternatives.

Just be clear that HML are short term financing alternatives, make sure you can take out other financing. :)

I have listed a few of them to point you in the right direction:1) Specialization: while some custodians specialize in traditional investments (stocks, bonds, and mutual funds), others specialize in alternative investments (real estate, private mortgages, tax liens, livestock, private businesses, or other non-traded security).

Maybe you do that and then do the "vertical development" to actually build the houses and sell those.You must do your own research and analyze the alternatives.

As several of us of suggested, is there another alternative to your home based child care business that would be nearly as satisfactory?

In the way today the agents have no other real alternative to post their listings.In one way MLS are feeding Zillow with listings and in the other side the MLS and its Brokers members are controlling the data.

I've been at ETC for several years but lately it seems that they can't get things done without endless phone calls and e-mails.I'll take your advice on the alternatives to SDIRA's