Cash might not keep up with inflation, but at least your principal is guaranteed (in an FDIC or NCUA insured account).

Work to only use leverage, never your principal and see what you can do.

If the borrower and you then come to an agreement for him to make the note current, or add the arrears to the principal balance, or some combination of the two, you would then ‘reinstate’ the note.

Use all the cashflow to pay down the principal.

I giess it was the principal of paying that much in fees...was trying to be less than that.

I need advice/validation that I can utilize the US Code 121 Exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence more then every two years if the reason I am moving is due to employment and that I am only taking a partial exclusion (prorated based on amount of months spent in the home OR since the last time I took the exclusion)... does that sound correct? 

These options will likely cost more than conventional financing, which makes sense given that you're either sharing equity upside or asking someone to take a higher risk debt position than a conventional lender would consider.I would review the investment to see how fast you can pay down the principal and refinance with a conventional loan.

If we sold the multi to him for no money down and 5% interest only payments, with the principal due if or when he sells the property, and the contract extinguished on the death of the last person in this couple would we owe the tax man anything other than the tax on the interest we received?

So you could either think of it as they had 48% of capital left to be repaid, or they had just been paid their investment interest every year and have 100% of principal to be paid back first.

Then they’ll raise capital thru syndication, and leverage with a bank loan at no more than 50% LTV.Using a crowdfunding site is using general solicitation and advertising in most circumstances, so the offering must either be a registered securities offering, or comply with Reg D 506(c), the safe harbor private offering exemption of the SEC code.While successfully concluding a deal in which the principals have none or little of their own mo eye invested makes great reading, the realism is that it’s extremely difficult to do.