Kurt Kwart Definitely want get started in my own neck of the woods.

@Vann CalhouneGangsters with muscle behind them make money in D'class single family.

Big burly guys that chew tobacco in their sleep, drive jacked up 4x4s, have neck tats and smell like diesel fuel. 

I'm as green as they come as it relates to real estate investing, but I'm am absolute expert at starting and running businesses into the ground.However, over the years, I've trained into my muscle memory a set of skills that make it VERY difficult for me to continue to blow wads of cash on any "idea."  

Mentioning the DCR as low as 1.00 with a strong borrower is understood, at 1.20 that is lower than in our neck of the woods, which brought about the stress testing approach used. 

Maybe I am adjusting to the new normal but in my neck of the woods $1K EM has always worked in the past.

He goes into great detail about the albatross that we all have around our necks.

That being said, you have Nicholas Aiola in your neck of the woods so reach out to him.

I worry that someday, some deranged neo-Nazi party in the country of my birth may gain enough power to do real damage and I wouldn't be able to put any financial muscle behind organizations that will work to do something about it.Convince your wife to get into this, Joseph.

In my neck of the woods banks are 2.5-5%, hard money is 9-13% with points and everyone else is in between...