Network with wholesalers, check public records, and use platforms like PropStream or DealMachine to find distressed properties.Be Cautious: Pay attention to permits, inspections, and local market trends—over-improving for the area could hurt your profits.Starting with a solid plan and realistic numbers will set you up for success.

(Give that to sellers, they picket $100k after paying off the loan.) and then pay them 4.5% interest (what they could get from the bank.) now you’re talking $750/yr extra interest, and it’s being paid to family. 

If you were to refinance property one and pull out another 100k (lets assume a 500k house in tampa that you need 100k for a down payment), you'd be paying 6.5% or so on that 100k. 

For instance, someone making $500k a year and living in a very highly appreciating market might be extremely happy on a deal that loses $200 a month but is getting 5% appreciation on a 2 million dollar property in San Diego, butut that doesn't make sense for the investor with 30k and a lower paying job.When it comes to the book series I agree with you that the order doesn't make sense (having read both).

Mind you they'd probably not do it anyway.

They use PRICE LABS to create these score cards that test your price, data is pulled from Price Labs, well guess what you can access that right from Price Labs you do not need to pay them for that.

I have some contacts if you need one.If you need to refinance to pay off the brothers, let me know, I will give you a great deal.Best of luck!

Indeed, where we pay a REALTOR commission, we are initially under water, but look at the long- term probability the rental will remain in the system.

Start marketing and skip tracing the owners that live the farthest away because that is your best pitch since they are paying to manage.

The “Big deals” are…You have to buy something you don’t already own, not pay off debt, renovate a home you own, or build on land you already own.You have to spend all the “cash” you receive.You have spend more than your net selling price.You can never receive or have control of the cash, you need a QI PRIOR to selling.