With my current financial position, the properties need to have at least 1.2 rent/value ratio or higher, be 75% of value, and $150k or less. if the numbers work out in the near future, i would like to start using hard money lenders for the down payment and closing costs on the properties, and purchase them traditionally. i would like for these properties to also have a 1.0 or higher rent/value, and with my current credit i can get approved for around $150k-$200k, so the property would need to be below that. once i fill up my 10 allowed traditional financing properties, then i would go hard money lenders for down payment / closing costs, and private financing for the long term. by that time though my own portfolio should be able to provide down payments in leu of hard money. your comments and positive feedback / critizism about my strategy going forward is appreciated. i am a brand new real estate investor, finishing up on my first hard money/refinance acquisition now, so im just getting started and looking to grow the portfolio quickly. thank you

I have started an online brand for doing outdoor activities trying to get people together that love the outdoors to share their experiences.  

Since I'm brand new to this, I will need a lot of hand holding as I sort through this process and I'm sure I might seem a little "flaky" as I figure things out, particularly in deciding what is the right deal and how the numbers work.

Hi BP- My name is Jake and I am brand new to the game.

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Hello,I'm working on building my real estate brand and am having a hard time deciding how much to combine or separate the sales side of my business from the investing side of things.

Or worse, if I wanted to use a different contractor to finish it out, would I need to pull brand new permits and go thru a rough in inspection again?

Michael,  I used to work deals in Covina, CA for a large auto franchise brand.  

And I'm thinking a brand flag would look favorably upon it for my first deal, at least.

I'm brand knew to Bigger Pockets but it looks like the Reddit of everything real estate.