There are plenty of people who have been able to start a career with nothing more than drive and a dream so I'll let them post how they did it however I'd wager that they are the minority and the hard situation is this is a cash intensive business. 

Here is a brief overview of the situation.

Hi everyonethis is my first post on BiggerPockets after listening to some podcast episodes.I am based in Italy and will invest in Italy, hence I'm searching for a source of info and listings for available homes here.I am evaluating various options to pursue in the not-so-far future and all the websites that list multi-unit properties seem to be focused on the US market (loopnet, homes.com, crexi, realtor.com just to name few random ones that I found via google).The usual real estate portals in italy (immobiliare.it, casa.it, idealista.it) have no option for multi family and what can be found is often just related to multi-story properties intended as one single large property with multiple floors.Can you suggest how to approach this kind of search?

Easy to blame the tax man in situations like this

I would first run the fact pattern by your custodian and see if they will conclude on it, but if they punt I can refer you to a solid ERISA attorney that I collaborate with in situations that I myself am not 100% certain of. 

Price is good, apartment size is great but this parkade situation has me worried.

I do listen multiple times brrrr book.

And to you point of clicking multiple times - I've definitely thought about that. 

Usually its some sort of distressed situation in my experience.

Awesome deal Mike, way to use multiple REI strategies.