Not new to real estate as I’ve been a licensed agent for the past 4 years with over 10 years of commercial and residential construction experience.

Purchase price: $290,000 Cash invested: $90,000 Sale price: $478,500 Rancher/rambler of 2,150SF at the heart of Bel Air, MD.

I currently live in and operate 1 STR in the area and as a real estate agent I've helped people buy lots of STR properties from Perdido Key to Panama City Beach.1) The STR market here is congested and there is a lot of competition. 

You hear these numbers about cash home purchases.

If it were real estate and not membership shares in an LLC I think the related party issue might be an issue. 

Bridge loans can be extremely useful for situations where you may be purchasing a property that has tenants already in the property who are well under market rents to the point where a DSCR loan wouldn't cash flow.

Best of luck on your real estate adventures.

This would be my first purchase of real estate outside of the US. 

A house hack (purchase and live in 1 unit of a multifamily while renting the other unit[s] to cover the mortgage) is the easiest way to get started as you'll get used to the process and can use an FHA loan to have a minimal downpayment.

Macy's, a cornerstone of American retail, is seeing significant interest in the real estate it has put up for sale, a promising sign in a challenging market.