One local HML allows up to 3 loans on his own. So that's a useful floor.If you have 10 hard money loans would that draw concern from most lenders? Trying to find out how they think about short term borrowing capacity ...

I'm not a small guy either, I have various eyebrow raising techniques and investigative techniques, might tell a story about what happened with the last guy that ran out on some deal (no leg breaking, just ruined lives, loss of property, judgments, garnished wages, loss of job, run out of town, etc) These little tactics are only for the nearly qualified, highly leveraged, or newbies, young kids.

Her Reply: The Peoples EyebrowFor those of you unfamiliar with the Peoples eyebrow - Grow Up!

Both parties are smart enough to call it a "referral bonus" or something similar, so as not to raise eyebrows. 

A lot of the lingo taken for granted by homeowners is totally unfamiliar to renters (a lot of first time homebuyers I speak with have never heard the word "escrow," or have no idea what it means, for example), which can very easily cause an appraiser's eyebrows to perk up.

Will holding a real estate license raise an eyebrow at an auditor when it comes to self employment tax.

I'm sure you know I raised my eyebrow with scepticism.

And, while that is merely one anecdotal report of turbulent waters, it is still enough to raise an eyebrow for me.    

I know this example isn't always the case and flipping homes is typically much more involved than my above example, but with my limited REI experience, it definitely made me raise an eye brow to the possibilities of the real estate industry. 

Hearing some of the metrics that syndicators were purchasing multifamily at when it was peaking had my eyebrows curling wondering how they thought it was going to work out for them and how they'd be able to make distributions.With prudence and patience good deals can still be had.