In short, this market has a huge barrier of entry and it is capital or very strong borrowing power and usually both.There are lenders who will lend to a no exp investor, but not some 500k Long Island property that needs 200k in work and will resell for 1.2 Million. 

We want the to be able to have more buying power later this year as well so we don’t want to jeopardize the debt to income ratio of both of the  partner?

Having said that, I am getting much better at analyzing properties on my own and have a specific set of criteria a property MUST meet and perform enough due-diligence research that the chance of missing major red flags are getting smaller and smaller.And yes, as the overwhelming majority of foreclosures are either cancelled or "purchased" by the plaintiff (bank) and the limited inventory (at least in Hillsborough County) is often bid-up by neophytes or snatched up by large wholesalers and other REI firms that specialize in flipping C-class properties, there are few opportunities for us little fish.To keep myself motivated, I've been keeping a log of properties that went to third-party bidders (i.e. private buyers) which I could have bought had I been monitoring the auctions during periods when I was too busy to do so.

Christina will go deep into where has the market moved to what might be coming in this next year in residential real estate.Bio:Over the last 15 years as a real estate investing mentor, Christina found the greatest obstacle her clients faced was an overwhelming amount of information about investment real estate that didn't produce the results they needed.She created the Live A Rich Life - Real Estate Investment Workshop to simplify the process so people could get started at a pace they could handle, using a system that maximized results.

But the power of a house hack is not from the cashflow after you leave, its in the immediate reduction of living costs you get while living there and the incredibly low down payment options you can use.  

For distressed properties I intend to keep as rentals, the buyer pool is greatly reduced and being able to close cash and waive inspections provides a lot of negotiating power. 

If you are buying the $1.5M+ mix-use buildings the buyer pool is much smaller and there's far greater negotiation power on the part of the buyer.

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They could keep out agents who would have competed on price.This is the same line that many posters have said to meThe solution to this concentration of economic power often requires political power — namely, antitrust enforcement by the government.

There were so many people, I was a little overwhelmed.