I've often heard that a newbie like myself needs to find ways to add value to a real estate investor from whom I am trying to glean knowledge.

IT Business:With $250k in cash savings and significant untapped equity in your rentals, you’re in a strong position to leverage your existing real estate knowledge to grow your portfolio further.The real estate market, particularly with your ability to do your own rehabs, might provide you with more immediate and scalable opportunities for wealth building, especially if you can find properties that need work and force appreciation through value-add strategies.Balancing Both:You don’t necessarily have to give up the IT business entirely.

My hope is that the wealth of knowledge here at this incredible resource will aid us in solving that problem. 

Heres some common structures:5-4-3-2-1 - Stepdown (5%,4%,3%,2%,1%)Flat PPP - 5 year PPP and there is a 5% hit in fees at any point in time within the 60monthsAbbreviated PPP - 6 months of interest payments on 80% of the balance at closing.It's all different... just shop it out and choose a dscr broker who has the knowledge to help you make an educated decision.

Selling to him sub to allows the seller to get out of a property sooner rather than later (if that’s what’s desired) and have the loan paid off when the buyer has his liquidity event. doing any CREATIVE  real estate deal SUCCESSFULLY requires the knowledge, experience and capital to be able to set up the transaction properly, with safeguards in place, and structure the transaction so both parties have positive reinforcement to “make it work”.  

Again, this was done without our knowledge or consent.There was one claim whereby we sent people to trim trees which were occupied by squatters.  

@Chloe GrayBanks will never financed a property in a foreign country because they don't have the necessary means, knowledge and willingness to go through a foreign legal system to repossess the property should the borrower default on his mortgage.If you hear or read that somebody got a property financed by a local bank in a foreign country, this is because that bank took some local assets as collateral or gave an unsecured loan.

This is awesome advice and knowledge sharing Alex. 

I predicted a 20 to 30 percent correction in prices this year, and I was dead wrong.It appears that investors are continuing to come in for the long haul, with the knowledge that positive cash flow isn't realistic in the early years of ownership.

hey Dustin i have cash buyers and tons of knowledge lets chat soon.