The investor also had no backup plan, and it was clear they hadn’t considered the potential risk if this failed - they just said "we would foreclose" - which if they did would (at best) provide single digit return...It gets even better, if they did get the borrower to follow their exit strategy, they would make around 13%...Here’s the problem: The gurus often make note investing sound like it’s just a game of persuasion, telling you it’s "easy" to get borrowers to agree to anything if you push the right buttons.

I do not want to engage further.

So MTRs that are close to the "action" are great.Also, I think the MTR market is getting more and more like Airbnb in Denver and Colorado, in that it's not an amateur's game.

Learning & experience is the name of the game getting started! 

I have a 5-year old mutt who’s my best friend, recently engaged to my fiancé of 5 years, aspiring Adirondack angler, learning JavaScript and Golang, self-taught whiskey “sommelier”, Lego fanatic, and car geek.

Use this guide to conduct initial searches yourself, narrow down the list to your top three properties, and then engage a title company to perform a comprehensive search on those shortlisted properties.

The mindful approach to real estate investing, off-market acquisition strategies and dialogues, asset hunting, flipping on a small scale, negotiating🙌 What are you most looking to get out of BPCON 2024I was on a panel at BPCON23 with Devon, Leka, Anson, and Henry, but this year I am just in the crowd and always looking to make deeper connections, especially with all of the attendees who I have had on my podcast over 170 episodes🤝 Fill in the blank: If I could make a great connection with someone who is an expert in _________ at BPCON2024 then I would leave BPCON happyI am getting back into the STR game and have been investing in syndications over the past year, so both of those tracks are in focus for meSee you there! 

You've already been on the sidelines soaking it in, now it’s game time.

There are always tradeoffs in the game of investing and tax strategy.

Skin in the game.