Wow...really wish I could use the mobile app, but since you only have it for iOS, I guess I'm just up the creek.The number of ways my Samsung Note4 outperforms my previous iPhone and the number of ways it facilitates my REI activities that the iPhone couldn't are too numerous to list.  

(Which is another reason forums such as Bigger Pockets are so valuable to us for feedback.)One point was raised in the discussion that I'd be interested in getting more input on.As an accredited investor, I'm more inclined to make a few larger investments than numerous smaller ones.

I'm 45 years old and have considered getting into the RE game for numerous years. 

In the early days, I did numerous hypothetical scenarios presentations to potential private lenders, using listing printouts of actual sold properties, real comps, with summary sheet of ARV, expenses, pruchase price and profits. .

Was it the quantity of money you were asking for rather than your credit score that was the problem?

I mean it was because of the “unsafe condition” of the rental dwelling and not the massive quantities of alcohol they imbibed that was the cause, right? 

Deals definitely are harder to come buy so we started outsourcing our direct marketing campaign this month to increase quantity and consistency. 

I don't mean to be disrespectful, however if you carry your 'I know for a fact' attitude into the bank, you have probably not compelled the right people to want to help you.Since people want to do budiness with people they know and like, if you are an unknown quantity from an unknown source, you're just another smart person who knows the language of money. 

They are localized and need more hand holding as evidenced with the numerous posts here on BP.

I have gone to numerous estimates and honestly some were a huge waste of time.