Follow up outside the activities to ask for business and see how you can serve them as well in their business.Best wishes and good luck.

The borrower's financials play a big part as well.

Don’t forget about direct mail campaigns as well.

I am under contract for a 3 family home w a very unique set up. 2- 1 bedroom apartments and 3 and 4th duplex which has 5 bedrooms but only 1 bathroom this home is 8 min from Brown University in RI and 10 min from Johnson Wales. (6miles)Do u think its close enough to attract college students especially the duplex? 

The exterior sets the tone for the house and is your first impression.

You did everything well financially, but in the past ten years how many real estate investors meetups have you gone to?

Lease options can work as well.  

But really you’re just creating a second job for yourself and one that doesn’t pay very well if it even is cash flow positive at all 😆I used to buy houses for STR but now that I’ve got several STRs up and running that I bought many years ago, I stopped buying STR once mortgage rates went up and housing prices went up.

Lots of people rent houses for parties as well, and you won’t be able to do anything about it.  

They are usually real estate salespersons as well.