Research market rents, carefully calculate expenses, and ensure you have a solid lease agreement.

No one will care more about your success then you.

(With commercial properties, they won't care.) 

The 15-20 year run people had is gone, so be VERY careful with listening to some of these "real estate gurus." 7.

Hi Malcolm, With your strategy of holding multi-family properties or flipping, the key is running the numbers carefully to match your goals.

@David OhCreating a profit-sharing program is a great way to align employee goals with the company’s success, but it’s crucial to design it carefully.

(To avoid months of probate and thousands if not $10’s of thousands of dollars in costs.)Hawaii is considered a "TOD deed state," meaning that residents can utilize Transfer on Death (TOD) deeds to designate beneficiaries who will inherit their property upon their death, allowing for a potential bypass of probate court proceedings.If she is already in memory care center.

I always viewed it as "who cares how much money I put down", I plan to pay them all of before I retire as part of my ultimate strategy anyways. 

I still think if you're an investor, you need to run your numbers carefully. 

At the end of the day, 99% of sellers and brokers only care about your surety to close (I leave out 1% that might care about HOW you operate your deals, regardless of price paid).The fact that you have never closed a large transaction AND are not providing all your proof of funds up front and/or talking with brokers about where the money is coming from, will give them some trepidation.