We took out 2 private loans from friends who wanted better return on money than what the banks gave them.

They do a private loan at 12% and are paying 7% on a HELOC The money you make in interest is taxed at ordinary income.

Gas + convenience store, where the gas sales are mainly a tool to draw customers into the C-store. 

The easiest way to do this outside of some sort of scraping tool (which i recommend digging into), is to develop a solid list of ways to look for deals (not just zillow or mls), and then develop a super specific buy box, then just create custom filters with notifications where applicable, you can also use a VA to look through the various acquisition methods and send you a vetted list every day. 

@Owen Fogarty I just give my customers a Google Sheet template to do the accounting for flip income and expenses.

I have never used the service so I can't speak to the quality of leads or the customer buying experience.

Do you use private capital to purchase homes?

If there are any private money lenders or experienced real estate investors in this group that's looking for a hungry, experienced, insightful, resourceful real estate agent to partner with, someone who put in the work, please don't hesitate to contact me.

There are lending specialist (also private lenders) who will lend you funds for EMD etc for short-term only.

Hi Sam,I'm a private lender in Kansas City.