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Account Closed Is it worth it to Fix & Flip instead of Buy & Hold?
16 August 2019 | 8 replies
As the others have said, F&F’s are for the quicker pay day, whereas B&H is long term — think ‘planting seeds.’With the B&H strategy, once you get it cash flowing, you’ll have a steady stream of income on a hopefully appreciating asset.
Elbert D. What is everyone's 2018 Goals?????
10 December 2017 | 47 replies
Buy any deal that makes sense and falls in my lap from seeds sown already (I've noticed it's when I stop looking so hard, deals and money appear). 
John Krasner Still a Renter, investing in Rentals
4 January 2018 | 5 replies
I feel as though, given time, seed capital could be raised more quickly for the park if I was to buy a small home of my own for the interim. 
Paula Willis RAL Seed Money Lending
20 January 2018 | 4 replies

A fellow investor approached me about loaning him money for his RAL (Residential Assisted Living) startup.  My question:  Is this a good deal or a not-so-good deal?  Terms offered are below. Thanks to all for your inp...

Mindy Jensen What's your MOST Creative Finance Story?
3 August 2021 | 73 replies
I used part of the "cash like substance" as a DP on a 10 CAP NNN where the NOI covered both the Debt service on the NNN and the interest payment on the NLD.The rest of the money (now free seed money) I reused multiple times over for flipping, adding the profits to the original seed money...expanding it to twice the original amount.Then, taking the profits and buying NNN for cash flow, while repeatedly reinvesting the  same "original seed" money to infinity...generating a continuous flow of profit to buy Cash Flow properties.Through all of this, I never spend a dime
Jonathan Norton What are your most creative financing strategies?
28 December 2022 | 26 replies
Fill in the numbers as needed:1 - PV = $100k2 - DP = 10% = $10k3 - Fund LLC $10k4 - Offer Seller terms on $90k (int % and years)5 - Hold until cumulative CF equals DP6 - Sell LLC for 20% of appreciated PV (there's your profit)7 - Seller still has contract with LLC, but LLC has different ownership, therefor...8 - ...the New owner of LLC has exact same terms as the old owner, which means the exact same CF9 - Rinse and repeat, only you now should have twice (in seed money) what you started with, so...10 - Repeat actually means you are doubling what you started with in Step #1.11 - Repeat again when these two reach Step #6, and you double again ( now = 4 times what you started with.12 - Continue repeating every Step # 6, doubling the previous doubling, and you have your compounded return.1073741824. 
Justin Edgerly Investor finally jumping in the deep end in Los Angeles...
16 May 2020 | 13 replies
I just entered escrow selling 2 properties which are seeding my investment fund. 
Scott Schultz Best Ever Off Market Letter of Interest to Mom and Pop Owner
30 September 2019 | 8 replies
It'll be 6-9 months before you get calls but start planting the seed now. 
Kyle Coleman W2 Day Job Question
22 March 2019 | 2 replies
The thought behind this was that if I can accumulate enough 'seed' money, I could start doing fix and flips; which in theory could turn that raise I passed on, into much more. 
Justin Holwell Looking For Advice On First Investment
2 July 2019 | 3 replies
Buy and hold doesn’t get your seed money back right away to complete the 4th R, but you will have completed your first deal.