If you were actually at my event, you'd know that 1) I buy at wholesale prices, 2) I buy for cash flow, not for speculative appreciation, 3) we 'create' appreciation by making value-add improvements to properties, and never speculate, 4) I stabilize properties & refi out my investors in 12-18 months, allowing more predictability in interest rates & loan terms than speculating 5-7 years out like most syndicators do, 5) if the market shifts, I'm at a low enough cost basis that I have many options on what to do with the property (hold, refi, sell, etc), 6) once investors are cashed out in 12-18 months, I'm the only one with ongoing responsibility & liability (even though it's a non-recourse loan there is still some liability I take on), 7) I project for increased interest rates (which actually just dropped .25% last week, btw), lower LTVs, and lower valuations than what the market is showing right now, keeping us at very safe levels, and 8) I only buy workforce A & B class apartments (not luxury, not C/D class) which is the most insulated asset class in real estate.I have NEVER publicly pitched a deal, or even pitched a deal in my events. 

In my experience, once the men know that I am the one who writes the checks, their attitude improves remarkably.

If you see a $220k listing for a duplex where each rent is $1000/month you see immediately that this deal is CLOSE TO 1% and that with negotiation or other improvements in rent or savings in expenses could meet or exceed that.

So, either adjust the price or improve the property.

An agent brought a property that would pay for itself and had the potential to increase rents and make non major improvements to increase rents.

The project was a success, our General Contractor, Better Touch Home Improvement did an amazing job.

I believe the play is to either improve the existing building and raise rents or the zoning allows for apartment buildings and the lot is considerably big, so maybe build new.

Before you jump 2 feet into the Real Estate Investing world, I challenge you to find a balance of continuing your drive toward real estate while improving your position at your current role.

We feel like this gives us a pretty good background to start, but by no means do we think we know everything we need to yet.The area around UCF has improved quite a bit in the last 10 years and home prices have risen considerably, but it seems like there are still some promising areas to find deals.

I'm doing some improvements before listing on Airbnb, including installing a small half bath in the attic bedroom.