When everyone is getting on the train, I start thinking about getting off, and vice versa.

"The fact that the number and geographic distribution of improving housing markets continued to expand beyond the 100 mark in April bodes well for the start of the spring home buying season, and should be an encouraging sign for those who are considering a home purchase," added Kurt Pfotenhauer, vice chairman of First American Title Insurance Company.

I have been the Vice President of Whole Loan Trading and Senior Portfolio Manager of a hedge fund for the last several years prior to opening up our own firm.

Or vice versa?

Joshua DorkinI am the vice president of CARRIEA here in Little Rock.

., 3) and balance sheet in order to plan your finances to banking guidelines so that you not only obtain financing but you do so while minimizing the burden of unnecessary taxes, increase cash flow, manage debt expense/rates, and increase equity growth.Most loan officers will struggle with just getting you a loan as they are used to W2/salary/hourly borrowers with very simple scenarios.The hard part about working with self employed/ business owners/ investors as borrowers is that as a LO you'll have to sometimes comb through multiple partnership, corporate, personal returns, amortization schedules, and other tax schedules to determine, analyze, extract, and find additional income to make a scenario work and it not only takes financial analysis skill but also knowledge of the guidelines and most crucially how the LO can sell the "story," whether it be income, occupancy, asset seasoning, or other to the underwriter to ultimately get you an Approval with the least brain damage as possible.Beyond the analysis and loan qualification skill they will help present you with different scenarios to better your investment return, how to obtain your capital again after an acquisition, strategies, timelines, and generally figuring out ways to make your untouchable equity turn to a lump sum of cash (cash out), or how to convert a jump sum of cash into streams of income (vice versa).

(You may want to jot those down for clarity.)The best way to look at a Property Manager is as a relationship with someone who implements YOUR plan; You are the captain of the ship. 

This brings you to the chicken-and-egg debate over whether you find the property first and the tenant/buyer second, or vice versa.  

Call your local vice and ask for whore house cap comps! 

Hope I can help with any knowledge I know and vice versa.