Now we are mostly scaling our business with larger communities but I've used many different creative finance strategies including seller finance, private lending, hard-money, collateral from other properties, and lease-options. 

How is your RE business?

That being said, it can be the most satisfying and cash-flow-positive business around. 

Nearly all of our business came from the relationships that our originators had built over the years. 

And real lenders don’t troll for business by texting.

The final straw was when my property went into abatement after an inspection, due to the property management company's failure to address tenant requests for the exact items that caused the issue.

If you drop business and work you can bounce back.  

Im old school...my cpa is in the building next door and I like doing business face to face.

Over the years, I’ve learned that offering tiered returns can be a win-win strategy—it rewards investors for their level of commitment while helping us maintain flexibility in our business.

Too many single point failure points.