I know plenty of investors who will happily pay one of the many firms out there who help place equity so they can focus on their core competency which is running their real estate business (me being one of who would gladly pay a fee so for access to equity and the ability to focus on what I do best as a developer).

My core investing philosophy is to approach opportunities with a long-term outlook.

It's one of our core three: Manage Right.I think starting to look at your weekly rhythms and your cadence of accountability is a good start.Gino

Unless you have some kind of compelling reason to buy there, probably there are places with better returns. 

By identifying and addressing the core concerns, you can effectively overcome objections and build investor confidence.Now, let's talk about strategy.

(don't think we have time or knowledge to pursue that) . alternatively the lender has asked us to work with a commercial lender.. we have not done any commercial loans so far, but basic research provides core diff is the 30 yrs vs shorter duration 10-15yrs in commercial + ARM (floating). 

I have been investing in urban core real estate for 40 years.

Paying cash the location tends to not be as strong say if 3 million cash small to mid suburban spot versus 6 million leveraging strong suburban to fringes of urban core.4.

It takes much longer than a month to research different markets, neighborhoods, getting the Core 4 team, especially if buying OOS. 

Labor costs are 20-30% higher than my core market in Denver, which was very surprising to me, which makes finding a PM that has in house maintenance, electrical, plumbing, HVAC very valuable.