Im new to this forum and glad I stumbled across it.

Hey guys,I stumbled across this place while trying to find answers about a koi pond I have in a property.

In another thread on the forum I just wrote about my experience at age 23 of being a stockbroker and how the manager was a short sighted and wanted us all to mainly cold call to get clients.I was better with face-to-face introductions and attracting prospects to me instead of me hunting for them with cold calls.A couple of years after I left being a stockbroker I stumbled onto Stanley's book "Networking with the Affluent and their Advisers".

Is it even realistic to go to a hard $ lender if I stumbled across a deal?

Noel,I know that your original post was from months ago, but I just joined BP not long ago and stumbled across it. 

Even if you stumble and fall along the way to your first deal then guess what, you'll be just that much more knowledgeable for your next deal!

Then use that info to help shape your own.Since stumbling on a great RE deal rarely happens, the best thing you can do at this moment is to learn how to create deal flow.  

I'm not sure why, in this case, the Salvation Army owns such a house and was wondering if anyone else had stumbled upon properties this way.

Since then, we moved back to Chicago, changed careers, had a kid and dealt with life in a small, one-bedroom apartment on the lake... all while being landlords on a great duplex in metro Detroit that we bought for very little.Fastforward to 8 months ago when I stumbled across Bigger Pockets while searching for the answer I had to a question about that property.

OK, I stumbled upon this thread while looking up information for LSF9 Master Participation Trust as there is a vacant home that I want to buy.