Real estate : you could become good at advertising and marketing or simply asking people you know if they want to buy or sell: Any realtor will give you $1k to $5k depending on the price to get that buyer  or seller.

To update an old post, I found this information on the Fannie May website (https://selling-guide.fanniemae.com/sel/b3-3.1-09/other-sour...)

This could allow you to use the full amount for purchasing real estate without needing to sell your stocks outright and incurring significant tax implications.

The investor “gave up” after numerous attempts to sell the lot or get a “refund” from the county proved unsuccessful.  

Otherwise, you could network with a local Realtor to your area and see how many duplexes sell per year within your acceptable driving radius.

I find it to be a really good selling point for tenants and with the better quality units I have less maintenance requests. 

Albany, Syracuse, Utica, OH, PA, etc.) for cashflow.The challenge in these markets is that demand is through the roof, and many properties either sell at the asking price or above the asking price (Suffolk's sale price average was 1.5% ABOVE the asking price).If I were in your shoes, I'd explore local and remote multi-family options before considering the mid-term rental route.All the best!

Is this an offer to sell, invest, or broadcast?

Now that it’s a rental, you can deduct mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, repairs, maintenance, and depreciation to reduce taxable income, but depreciation will be recaptured at up to 25% if you sell.

By the time it was all over, the court fees, attorney fees ate up the entire EMD and then some --- this seller never intended to sell the house.