Instead of saddling them with a $5M commercial property (for instance), you can turn that into 166k shares and divide them amongst your kids (who are in line to get a full step-up in basis when you pass away).Gotchas: The UPREIT is sometimes an option, and sometimes a mandate.

I've demo'd a bunch and found not a single one that's not either over-priced or saddled with an interface out of MS Word gone wild wet dream. 

You are already saddled and stressed with debt, I don't think you need an additional dose with hard money, unless the deal is one in a life time.

BP,My name is Corey Donahue and I've been in the single family REI space for about 15 years. Recently, I was fortunate enough to be involved in the ground floor start up of Invitation Homes (INVH) which finally went t...

I could probably pound the note down below $429,000 pretty quickly, but don't want to be saddled with a higher rate for 30 years and would also like to avoid paying an additional $3,000 or whatever it is to refinance again later.

If some one who has some time in the saddle regarding multifamiles could look at this for me I would be forever grateful.- Joey

And twenty years later, I can tell you definitively that a lot of guys who worked and worked constantly to do well in their careers for their early years routinely end up running for all they're worth on the hamster wheel of debt and credit, saddled with a wife who can barely stand them and couldn't run a family's finances to save her life.The incredibly stupid things I've heard some of some of my old acquaintances (and family members) doing in marriage sicken me.

For this you are offering not to saddle them with an eviction on their record which will make it very difficult for them to rent again.

If these seem like overkill, just wait until your saddled with a $150 registration renewal you weren't aware of, and see what those types of things do to your cash flow.

If she was saddled with dumb overlays, she wouldn't be the local REIA's go-to lender.Here is a checklist dated within the past few years from FannieMae.com directly.