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My ultimate goal is to acquire enough real estate to achieve financial freedom, allowing me to travel, provide a comfortable life for my family, and teach my children about discipline, financial literacy, and the wealth-building potential of real estate.I’m here to learn, share, and connect with others who share this passion.

There is no such absolute rule or mandate for REI - it is up to you on your comfort level with your cash flow versus total investment versus appreciation potential.If I followed that rule, I would have missed out on a LOT of great opportunities over the years.We bought a house in Jones Valley in 2017 with negative cash flow - why? 

And with a twist, that everything from day 1 is designed and built to facilitate intaking private $ into the "fund".

We will then, as the units turn over, get rents up a good bit further with additional design improvement renovations and hopefully reno into lower interest rates when they drop or at the very least in 5 years on our 20 year we'll have paid off enough to refi into a smaller loan.That is the only kind of smaller deal we can find in neighborhoods where we want to buy now. 

Not to mention we have grown our PM staff by almost 50% to help better support our growth and overall management.We are currently building out 5,000 lots ion Florida If you would like a free copy of my best selling book "Passive Income Playbook: How To Leverage Build to Rent Real Estate to Buy Back Your Time And Have a Legendary Family Life"  just let us know and we will send you a copy thanks Brandon  owned by a Japanese company, the floorplans are pretty poorly designed and larger than build to rent should be. the 4 plex they have is a higher price per door than th national average and needs to be modified. horrible designs.

If he doesn't need the cash now, you could also negotiate a split you're comfortable with to get him the return you and he feel he should have at the point you refi when the balloon payment comes due. 

In my experience, allowing these professionals to guide you can be highly beneficial, as they are likely to recommend properties they would be comfortable managing.

Get comfortable with a certain degree of uncertainty but still take action. 

But I generally don't find that clients need to spend that much money on the process when some simple coaching can make them comfortable in their search.