If you are pondering doing some rehabs yourself or long term holds as you develop in your business then building the relationship with local hard money lenders would probably be more valuable to your business then using a bridge lender that you won't ever do any business with anyway.This business is all about building the network and if you have the opportunity to build a relationship with someone that may be important for your business in the long run, I would do it.

The situation is he is now dating a girl from a different country.

Possibly because I have a couple little girls in the house.With that being said, I have been tooling around with an idea for a business for the past couple years.

My only good advice is that hardships are what make people, are you the one who will sit and ponder the possibilities or are you the one who will go MAKE possiblities happen?

I used to be an auditor by day, promo/shots girl by night.

Not that anyone wants to hear my lame a$$ story...but many moons ago I quit my job to become a stay at home day trader because my wife was expecting our first little girl...Become a self taught day trader is like becoming a self taught real estate investor...in more ways than one....When all was said and done...I actually put food on the table each month trading options.

Considered changeable sizes of humans, from giants to nanos and not just in the virtual worlds....But closer to here now, I think of the new building materials and how those might influence prices of RE in general, not just construction...Also pondered on the unprecedented inflow of human creativity today and how it could influence the very game of investing.

Hey Taz if you can find a girl I had a crush on in the 3rd grade that would be sweet :mrgreen:

I also got the girls parents to cosign all docs and they are on the title and I am just listed as security interest holder.

There’s a place called BP on the internet,If you have a question about REI, you can find it there I’ll bet,It’s run by a cool guy named Josh,And he keeps everyone in line, by gosh,‘Cause you see not everyone there agrees,On the current administration’s policies,The debates can become a little overheated,It’s not for the timid, you might be mistreated,But this guy Josh, he’s got a level-head,“Be nice boys and girls,†more than once he has said,He doesn’t take sides, but he lets people rant,Let’s vote Josh for our next President!