Here's my situation, I live in LA so the housing market is bonkers, a $1.6 mil teardown getting multiple offers the first day on the market is common.

@Brett Hearn I'm guessing he's offering what's commonly called a cooperative lease option.

from the documents a few BP folks sent to me a few years ago. it looked like they were investing in multi beneficiary mortgages IE multiple investors in a fractionalized mortgage.. which can be argued is a security .. in CA they are quite common but you have a specific disclosure document that must be filled out by a real estate broker .. it lets you know who the co investors are.. which is really the rub here.. none of these folks know each other.. and of course this is always the rub in a pooled syndicated investment that goes south.. 

In Maine, it's very common for landlord supplied heat simply because heating oil and winters can be so unpredictable that both lower income tenants AND financially savvy blue collar tenants lean toward "heat and hot water included".

Texas Job Growth AcceleratesCOLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – The Texas economy accelerated job creation in July 2018, according to the Real Estate Center's latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy.The state gained 377,100 nonagricultural jobs from July 2017 to July 2018, an annual growth rate of 3.1 percent, higher than the nation’s employment growth rate of 1.6 percent.The nongovernment sector added 372,700 jobs, an annual growth rate of 3.6 percent, also higher than the nation’s employment growth rate of 1.9 percent in the private sector.Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July 2018 was 4 percent, lower than the 4.1 percent rate in July 2017.

Wholesalers are running thin in CA many can only find a couple sellers a month and daisy chaining others' deals has seemed to become more common. 

To qualify for a Solo 401k you must be self-employed or own a business without full time employees, other than owner(s) and his/her spouse. 

Does anyone know if a 4-plex is common in the Austin Area?

Intel is almost finished their facility in Chandler, and supposedly Phoenix metro is to see somewhere close to 500K California residents moving here to fill open employment positions.

What is common practice?