I find my self telling every one I speak to friends, family, strangers, cats, dogs, ground hogs... that I'm very interested in REI and if they know anyone that mite be in a place, that mite not be an ideal dwelling I can help them with an easy way out. so I figure its about time to make it more official by giving them a tangible way to remember me by.   

I deal out of the Oklahoma area and I will certainly say there's plenty of opportunities here for a relatively low risk/price as compared to other major metropolitan cities.

Ideally, they're either going to pet day care or have a pet walker come in to relieve them during the day.

% in the profits makes you a partner instead of a lender.Return on a CD is around 5% so you likely want atleast 8% to cover the risk, ideally 10%+

Starting in the local market is ideal, but I don't think it is the best idea for you or I.

Hi Everybody, I've been driving for leads. I live in the Chicago suburbs, so just about every type of neighborhood is available... cheap, expensive, old, recent construction, well kept, run down, etc.  I know deals ca...

Most of the investors I deal with typically expect 22-30% return like @Greg Kasmer said as well depending on the area, using this formula (purchase+rehab)/ARV as a very basic formula to calculate returns.Again 10% return is not the best so look for more profit in the future.

Referrals are my ideal source, but sometimes people can be hesitant about sharing their best vendor with you for fear you'll steal their vendor's attention away from them. 

If you have multiple people on the company, you ideally want the person with the highest credit score to have the most ownership percentages. 

Be the bank most of the folks that I deal with in Be the bank over the last 40 years are burnt out landlords that want mailbox money but look for someone to structure the loans for them. 8.