@Ian Ippolito  I see you're in the tampa market.

@Ian Walsh  in my very active lending days I have attend most of the TV guru's presentations..many of the folks that sit through these and pay the money.. come to realize this is HARD to flip houses and end up just buying a rental that is presented at the end of the course..

Is this true, or am I an ignorant old luddite and most people are clever enough mute their email alert at night?

Not only am I an investor, but I am also an environmental consultant who works with investors, lenders, and developers on a daily basis.

@Ian Walsh,I would agree to some extent.

Originally posted by @Ian Ippolito:Fear is not always bad.

I think my top favourites I read this year were:Deep work - Cal Newport, Zero to One - Peter Thiel, High Performance Habits - Brandon Burchard, and Renos to Riches - Ian Szabo.For 2019 my priorty reads are: Raising Private Capital by Matt Faircloth and Real Estate Joint Ventures by Don Campbell :) :)

We are looking to partner with investors on added value Multi Family deals in the US Eastern Seaboard and Texas.We have formed BGI Capital as a conduit for Loans to partner with investors.We’re aggressively looking for an edge through non performing Note and/or Asset purchases -we’ll look after delivering the finished product as Rental or Condo Conversion.We need a US covenant due to cross border tax issues and new US SPE’s.We would welcome any potential JV inquiries.Regards,Ian Jones MRICS, Pres. ( ian@bgigroup.ca )BGI Grouphttp://www.bgigroup.ca

great, Thanks Ian!

Ian Ippolito How have your returns been vs default rate?