However, health concerns forced me to step away from the hustle about 6 years ago.Fast forward to today, I'm officially retired and living in sunny California with a renewed sense of energy (and much better health!).

Know of an efficient way to identify hard money lenders that will solely focus on an 80K loan against a property purchased at $256K with me bringing the rest of money to the closing table?

Doing the math, if a seasoned fix and flipper had a well-oiled efficient process and was able to consistently hit $50k per house (after costs and overhead required to go at that pace), he/she would have to do 34 flips in 21 months to make what we made on one deal.

They take more time, energy, stress and definitely more capital. 

Commission rates will become more efficient.

Hi Christine, for a successful out-of-state investment, carefully research and select safe, high-demand neighborhoods in Memphis or Columbus, consider the potential benefits of duplexes for better cash flow, and engage a reliable property management company to handle local operations efficiently.

  (2) This  investor owns SFH's in a market that possesses the fundamentals but sells prematurely and fails to take advantage of the primary appreciation event. (3) This investor fails to recognize the equity generated through the primary appreciation event is better served being reinvested in more efficient asset classes that will generate a greater return profile after the primary appreciation event occurs. 

Could long distance investing fit into your time and energy resources?

They want to use my time,energy, and expertise but do not want to show their capabilities or qualifications to me.I find it interesting that some buyers have a sense of being secret and arrogance about them.

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