For example, many of my off-market properties came through connections with other property management companies and real estate agents who knew I was serious, trustworthy, and ready to act.One of the pivotal moments in my career was realizing that real estate isn’t just about the numbers—it’s about the people behind them.

The beauty of REI is there is no need to make the mistake my wife I  made early on thinking we could do it ourselves. 

Hello,I have invested in a few properties meant for long-term renting.I have also since started a rental property management company that operates in areas we know very well (ascendiadynamics.com)Porto and Lisbon are very expensive areas at the moment. 

The moment you get to a point where you are willing to let go of a property the better off you are.

When people who are making $150k year in their investments realize its $300,000 to scale - its like an oh ... moment. 

Faced with the same problem I had to begin with, credit scores aren't great and don't have a qualifying cosigner for any type of traditional loan, mortgage or any type of equity refinance or HELOC, right now at this moment.

We just needed pictures of the 3rd Apt Unit, which he said was not possible at the last moment. 

And just wait for the answer, and what ever they say you might reply with your value proposition like, “mr and mrs seller, as a new agent I will only be working for you, you will be my one and only client and I will dedicate my every waking moment to sell your home, wouldn’t you want this much dedication to you and your home?”

You have every odd stacked against you when it comes to investing in real estate at the moment (multiple people have provided multiple reasons).

My partners and I (3 of us) are based in Miami FL (not the easiest market at the moment) we are all realtors / brokers and investors, each have 20+ years of experience down here, have done multiple ground up single Family and duplex builds and currently have a portfolio of single fam and duplex properties.