1BRs in a College town is considered a dinosaur?

At least with real estate you can make your money when you buy, and you have some level of control over the value of the investment (repairs/improvements, financing, redevelopment, etc).

Agree with Brian and Chris comments that gold is at quite high level and I would invest in destressed assets over overhyped ones any day.But taking a step back, you mentioned you used up most of your cash and only work parttime If I was in this situation I would sell the gold and put the cash in bank account because I want to have some reserves in case something happens.Just my 2c

However there seems to be a level of disconnection between different the different sectors of RE...

At the state level, if the state law governing the LLC is the same as the state law governing the corporation, then you may be correct that there are no legal differences at the state level.However, you should also note that the S-corp does issue stock.

Eventually once the REO inventory is down to a more manageable level, the prices will have to revert back to the true cost of building.

Yes, I understand not wanting to be in a warzone regardless of the return... but given the same risk level, the same ability to appreciate... why would you accept 1.2% (for example) returns at home when some place like Podunk Nebraska had deals projecting 2.5% (for example)?

You can only get away with one bath if it is college kids and maybe section 8.

This society emphasizes entitlement on every level.

This is not a HOA due on the specific home, this is a deficiency at the community level. 1.