Start with a 1 and 2 year plan and see if you can execute that first

Flips are a lot of work, but you'll actually make money if you buy right and execute well.. which is kind of the whole point here, right?

Or I can sell some stock, because being resilient also means being diversified.As I read these boards and talk to various friends and colleagues, I grow increasingly concerned that many people trying to make money investing in real estate are highly leveraged and have built portfolios that leave them very vulnerable to things going wrong.

I lead a team of analysts and work very closely with my executive leadership to ensure the growth of my company.

An REO agent would certainly be the wrong type of agent to bring into this.If a power of attorney floating around is truly a concern, the owner can execute and record a blanket revocation of any POAs she has executed.

Call and speak to the loan officer/account executive and build a relationship and interview them with many questions.3. 

Call the Loan officer or account executive of this lender and see how long it will take for them to call you back.  

This was recommended by their Account Executive and was told this was the product most people in Real Estate used.

In multifamily value add type deals, you usually have a lower cash on cash in the first few years, and then most of the money is received on the sale after you have added all of the value and executed the full business plan.

We planned right, executed properly and faced hurdles and made it through.