However you've collected your fee since its easy to direct buyers how to buy the homes in markets where there's no barriers and hundreds are available at any given time, and the buyer feels like they accomplished something despite sitting on real estate that will never generate real gains. 

You could ABSOLUTELY leverage your salon business to gain real estate clients!!!

While the obvious caveat to this is a slightly higher purchase price (if you choose to do so), there are a variety of benefits to this strategy as well, such as:- The idea of getting a Lump Sum Payday (from the bank) AND a steady stream of Passive Income from you as an investor for the downpayment is incentivizing to most. - If the seller is desperate to close (due to health issues, family problems, liens, etc.), they may agree to Seller Finance the small amount in order to ensure the deal makes it to the closing table. - You're minimizing how much is coming out of pocket when closing arrives. 

Long-term plan is to use gains from LP investment we made here in a few months.

I have a lot of knowledge I'm hoping to gain so even if I am missing out on some of the profit I could have made, to me knowledge is something you cannot put a price on when starting out.

Faster approval, more flexible terms, and less stringent qualification criteria.Tip: Establish a solid relationship with private lenders and clearly outline your investment plan to gain their trust and secure favorable terms.

How do you typically gain trust?

Some of the gains did diminish from yesterday, however, it is good sign for rate outlook.

Way too much and you end up basically dealing with a lot of crap with very little gain. 

During this time, I've gained valuable insights and experience, and I'm eager to expand my rental property portfolio.I currently own one rental property from my first house purchase.