I wish you tremendous real estate investing success.

With Crowdfunding, you have access to tremendous deal flow. 

It;s my understanding that the seller will see the amount that I am willing to escalate to if I include an escalation clause in my contract.

Louis and has been experiencing a tremendous amount of growth.I’m currently 17 years old (one week off 18) and am extremely interested in real estate investing.

Thats awesome you can save 40% man... very impressive and you have tremendous discipline Yes, that's a great book and starting point. 

I have set up the loan on an escalating interest rate as follows:Months 1-5 = 8%Month 6 = 9%Months 7-9 = 10%Months 10-12 = 12%It is a 12 month loan with a balloon at the end for payoff or I get the collateral (with any improvements made at rehabber's expense). 100% of the loan amount is going to the purchase price, flipper is paying rehab costs out of pocket.

They can be found, you just have to hop on them quickly.Cash flowing properties paired with the appreciation value we are getting up here is a tremendous opportunity in my opinion. 

That conflict will escalate in one way or another before it is resolved.

We also did escalation to a certain ceiling on our offers.Anyhow, I'll be interested to hear any other ideas or suggestions to make an offer more competitive in the DC area.Thanks! 

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