One of the criteria you might want to lock in is for each property you buy to be self sufficient.

I am contemplating to make a loan from my solo 401k to a friend.The loan will be secured by the property.I would be interested in a word of wisdom on how it is properly done to avoid trouble with IRS and/or loosing tax exempt status of the funds.What paperwork is sufficient?

All filings have to be posted 21 days before the auction, so you'll have sufficient time - but many of the posted auctions do not happen.

Be very conservative, if I see silly assumptions it tells me that the applicant lacks sufficient business knowledge.

Will you see a sufficient return on your capital before the market turns?

Old Oriental Proverb: Before kicking sleeping trigger like Michael Quarles, you best have a plan to deal with the teeth!

If you have sufficient data to support a different conclusion, talk to your lender about asking the original appraiser to reconsider or order new appraisals.

I've heard of people that will scramble to find financing to cover a deal that they said they had cash for but really didn't.....but I don't sleep well doing that.

This morning, after prodding the title dept. a little further, they somehow find sufficient evidence that the liens are released and issue a new title report.

Which in turn allows me to sleep easy.