Thanks so much for such detailed feedback from each of you: @jerryw , @trevorburns , @robertgarganese , @joshuaschneiderman , @ashleywishinski @perrysigmon , @mattmotil , @justinr @chrisseagondollar @theojones (I'm SUPER new to Bigger Pockets, so bare with me!) We took the Plunge and did it!! I'm excited, we are both excited, and I think that this is the beginning of a great partnership... I shared everyone's feed back with her and she even listened to the pod cast 109 that was suggested! (thanks again for that!) and we are pretty sound in our decision..
I did have another quick question that maybe someone knows the answer to... If we were in fact to purchase a property using a Hard Money Lender to purchase one of our buy and holds (bc a lot of them are not retail but below market and we would want renovate it and then place tenants), could we re-fi right out into a mortgage and avoid putting down a down payment... just curious? We are exploring all avenues of financing especially since we are official now, and will be able to move soon!