While I'm in the 'just write a check and close the deal' camp, if I wanted to tie up a deal in order to carve out a piece of it, I might ask what my buddy Mike Cantu (wholesaler extraordinare) would do vs.

Hey John Torres , I'm also immersing myself with books and knowledge in apartment investing, since that is the route I am pursuing as well.Here is some recommended books: -Investing in Apartment Buildings, by Matthew Martinez-Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies by Peter Harris-Multifamily Millions by Dave LindahlAlso, I regularly listen to podcasts from BP, Joe Fairless, Peter Harris, Michael Blank, Reed Goosens, Old Capital Real Estate for apartment investing information.They are all gold in my view and I am sure all this knowledge will catapult me to the next level in the apartment investing arena.

My piece of advice is to study the area as much as possible.

I've never purchased a piece of land and am wondering what all questions I should be asking as far as is the commercial portion even developable?

., this #$%@ judge was a piece of work.

What do you think about this "Partial Payment" Piece.

You could possibly structure the deal with a mezz piece to cover most of the 20%, but you will typically have to contribute at least 5% of the equity.  

This opinion piece is sort of a re-statement of his general thesis behind these futures that no one  seems terribly interested in trading.  

Thanks  @ Mark Dupuis the 1031 is a great piece of advice!

Call back percentages are dropping and deals per piece mailed is dropping.