But that fresh start was excatly what he needed to rethink his approach.Have you considered looking into markets outside of San Francisco?

And then a lot of questions from beginners which is cool and other members saying they will help ( which is excatly what happens on BP).

not excatly sure what Chris is referring to.. but I have done Many participation DT/Mortgage and prom Note over the years with small developers and builders .. your kind of doing the same thing..

Joe that is the way its suppose to work and exactly how we did our sub toos  as you point out though when this technique starts to get marketed to the NO money no Credit RE crowd its going to cause some severe headaches for Sellers and Buyers.you hit the nail on the head of Chris's situation I am guessing and if I was buying paper like his fund does I would do EXCATLY what he is doing buy discount have the right to accelerate and get cashed out spins the APR meter dramatically for an investor or a fund. 

House hacking is excatly what i plan to do.

Its great to unlock equity. 1031 exchange is excatly for that and a few other reasons.

I agree @Chance Housos that is excatly what I am doing!

There's plenty of them here on BP if you are looking to buy something over 80K.As for agents and property managers.....plenty here on BP that will help you out......If you're looking to spend over 80K.If you're looking to spend less than that you'll probably here nothing but crickets chirping and/or people telling you not to waste your time.....or theirs......If that happens to you PM Me and i will tell you excatly what a couple of people here on BP DID tell me to do to find a mortgage lender, Property Managers and Agents that WILL work with you.  

@Matthew Perry I respect the integrity In how you do business and unfortunately it doesn’t surprise me that commentary practices are being oversatursated with EXCATLY what you are talking about.

I work full-time but am available and willing to do as much of the labor as I can after work and on Saturdays to cut back on labor costs.Looking to you and the Bigger Pockets community to help guide me along the way.Please let me know what you think and what excatly can be done and what my next steps should be.