Not me mate,F@$# it tho.I'll just show up one day and knock on his door hahaTeach him how to play football and not how you Yankee's call it "soccer" hahaha My fault, I thought you knew the invitation was open! 

And that is really saying something because I invested a tremendous amount of myself and time into my small business and learning to play guitar and my personal recovery and growth as a person.

they are a non accredited pay to play orginization.. while they do some nice meet ups and have basic info.. does not mean that any lender that pays to be a member is a better lender than the thousands of us that are not members..

Real Estate is a long term play. 6.

It’s a great way to grow faster.HELOC or Equity Tapping: If you have equity in another property, using a HELOC or cash-out refinance could help cover the down payment without affecting your DTI as much.Seller Financing or Creative Deals: Look for sellers willing to finance directly, which bypasses traditional mortgage qualification hurdles.Scaling quickly often involves combining strategies—play around with what works best for your goals.

This one will cash flow a little when we move out but it was a bit more of a long term play for us (5-10) years, so we need the time to make it worth it.

Figure out how you want to handle you investing and what role real estate plays in that. 

So I used to work for a basketball tournament that played in Washington IL every year and so I often visited that town plus Peoria.

At this stage in my life, these equity plays are more impactful than holding onto a property for a couple hundred dollars of monthly cash flow.What’s your take?

If we sell, we will have between $150-200k to play with.