The city distributes the money to the contractor and is the middle man for any issues that might arise.

Real estate is the exact same concept.As disqualified parties to your IRA, neither you, your wife, or lineal family can use or purchase a property held by her IRA.The only way to access a property personally is to take the property as a distribution in-kind from the IRA.  

An unexpected bill hits really hard if you're draining that account every month.I am at a point where I just let the money accumulate every quarter, calculate the reserves I need (which accumulate every month) and then take a distribution that I pay out to myself and any partners I have.

If walking distribute flyers.Write down vacant and/or ugly houses so you can mail to them a handwritten note and see if their phone number is listed to call them.

I'll send you a PM with some names.General note: the rental market in Milwaukee looks like a typical bellcurve distribution.

I sent in an application and got a reply saying: "Per court rule GR 31(g)(3): The use of court records, distributed in bulk form, for the purpose of commercial solicitation of individuals named in the court records is prohibited."

With regard to ‘cashing out’, the current regulations allow for a leveraged distribution at/after 2 years for most OZ development deals.

Has anyone used this technique?

I would look for monthly distribution and make sure the sponsor/GP is just focused on fee earning and underwrite the deal yourself.

Aside from the  information found in numerous blog posts, What type of techniques do you all use that arent quite common place and have brought you success.