I would also recommend the RPOA meetings here in Grand Rapids.

So you have to weight risk to reward.. and sometimes we have to eat one that we bought it happens..

The area is expanding rapidly and I could see this property really going up in value as there is a very limited amount of buildable space between the mountains and the ocean, so I see this as a great investment and I would love to keep it.

If the market is appreciating rapidly, I'm with you—equity growth takes the lead.

Ideally it should still cash flow solidly but may not appreciate quite as rapidly as the bigger market.

To achieve this, I’m planning to scale rapidly by performing a couple of syndications to acquire a larger portfolio.I currently have a portfolio of 17 properties, but to justify labor costs and create a sustainable structure, I need to expand quickly.

I think if I can achieve that I will rapidly learn, then be able to evaluate what steps might be best for the next stages.

Her health is OK, but it's going to drop quickly if we don't find a way to get her active and lose some weight. 

They usually have a step down on that penalty like 3% year one, 2% year two, 1% year three and so on and so forth.So if you are buying a deal with the intention of rapidly increasing it's value in less than 24 months in order to refinance it and pull your cash out, you might want to go with a credit union for the acquisition financing because FCUs are barred from charging pre payment penalties.I could talk about this for hours about all the nuances but my fingers don't type that fast lol

But, this will be front-end weighted and gradually slow towards the back half of the year.