I'm currently in the very early stages of trying to roll an old 401k into an SDIRA and use the $22k worth of funds to get me involved in my first deal.

I have an arrangement with my friend where I stay with him one or two nights a week for cash, and his air went out.

I am very eager to get past the begining stage..I started by house hacking a duplex in 2015 .

I'm a big fan of the benefits of home staging.

Even if we take out the run up to the 2008 crash, we are still seeing historically low levels indicating that this bull market is still in it's early stages. i agree that what caused a crash before will not be what causes the next.

If you are second guessing at this stage of the game, it is going to be a long sale process.

At this stage of the market I would be cautious of the people who are diving in head first.

Why don't you 'interview' both of them (even though you already know them) but each should have a specific marketing plan/approach, staging?

I would have made this guys life hell worse than he made mine by this stage

At this time in the pre construction period, I may have given you 40-60 hrs of my “free” time to arrange this proposal.