It was all cash and I pay my "mortgage" to that individual but own it outright.

So if they’re right, and considering their organizations spend billions every year on market research, and say we see even 8%, you then remove the expense ratio (we’ll use 0.15%) dropping your return to 7.85%, then say inflation manages to come under control and drops to 3% which will drop your realized return to 4.85%.

I just moved to the High Desert with my family from LA and I want to see if there's any active and like minded individuals in the HD

Like the other individuals mentioned, Yes you want to offer them some type of value.

Love this thread.The posts have really made it clear that opportunity always exists, its the individual that needs to skill up and capitalize Barriers aren't increasing , just the environment keeps changing  requiring a different approach

it is fairly easy to review the individual or business ahead of time, but the picture is not complete until the deal comes into play. 

According to them, it is standard practice to quitclaim the property back to the name of the individual to get financing, and then put it back into the LLC or other structure.

It helps to have a large network of contractors (either a trusty GC to handle the whole project or you need each individual sub... painters, tile folks, electrician, plumber, etc.) for homes that need a lot of rehab and that can be hard to find from a distance.

I'm in a mastermind group of 3 individuals and we have been meeting weekly on Zoom for 3 years.

Traditional has nice terms and long term security, much easier to finance individually if you ever think you might want to sell one of the properties for any reason because it's time consuming and expensive to separate it later.