Quote from @John Lasher: I've heard from so many investors that they have put a pause on their flipping business.

I’m an out-of-state investor working on building my online presence, and I’m currently running into an issue with setting up my Google My Business (GMB) account.

Quote from @Benjamin Finney: I'm curious what real estate investors and private money lenders like myself use to inform their businesses strategy and predict future market conditions.

College isn’t a must for real estate, but it can definitely help with things like business, marketing, and communication skills.

Lau, generally if you are financing with a commercial lender- we lend for business purpose only and a rental property would fall under that category.

If millenial homeowners can't even change their home's air filters, or snake a toilet, or change the oil in their car, that's guaranteed future business for HVAC companies, plumbers, mechanics, and those places all need a place to conduct business in.The commercial mortgage pricing software I use has somewhere around 50 different asset classes in it.

The policy was $2200/year ($1.1M Bldg coverage and $1M Business liability coverage in this apartment LLC) and I haven't had a single claim in my past 5 year history.

My goal is to wholesale some properties single and multifamily to build some capital while fixing my personal credit and building my business credit.

Anyone in business takes risks, but a lawsuit and some other things don't look great.

The other is a smaller operation which does a lot of business in the specific neighborhood the house is in.