I would look at buying 5 properties using loans that have some sort of value add aspect in a market that I believe will appreciate at the minimum of the historic national average.This may be a rather boring and unflashy answer but I believe it would be the best money spent in my current knowledge and expertise.  

They develop, they build, they finance, they property manage, they will have HAO, cleaning crew etc. etc. etc. so the subsidiary companies make money every step of the way.From investor perspective: The investor pay $15 K to reserve the right to purchase 25 multiplex over the year of next 5 years. 5 each year.

Residential loans where borrowers do not need money but want the money (ie. they could have paid cash but want to have some leverage).AVOID:1.

Let's say you split the cost of furniture over a 12 month period amortization rate.Furniture costs: $583Rent $1500Utilities $150Total Cost = $2233After vacancy costs, your monthly rental revenue is actually only $2240 Formula for vacancy (2800*12)*.80You're not making money. 

Best way to think about hard money is as a bridge loan.

The Retainer Fee is credited towards whatever they buy from us in the 90 days, so in effect, costs them nothing.Note: we're not doing this to make money, but to avoid the time-wasters.

I didn't have much money, and not much experience but I used my background in finance to put together a syndication and buy an old office building and drive thru on .59 acres with the purpose of developing housing.My passion was creating housing in a city with under 2% vacancy and skyrocketing housing costs.

Our members do everything from Flipping, Buy & Hold, Wholesaling, Realtor work, money lending, etc.

Every PM operates differently, and at the end of the day, there is tons of information you can navigate on your own in the beginning stages online, but surely there will be PM's that would be more than happy to assist you on journey. 

So, that was a waste of time and money, right?