I figured this would be the place to ask a question about finding the best strategy for our next deal which would be deal #2! For the first deal we had 20% to put down and did a conventional 15yr second home mortgage ...

But storEdge is just one piece of the larger hardware, software and call-center package that they have put together (including customized programming that they have done on their own).So far I have not found a syndication sponsor that is more innovative at automating facilities and removing manual/human management.

I am in the military and I recently received PCS orders from San Diego to Arlington, VA. I purchased my first home in Temecula, CA and live in it for 3 years before I executed my orders. I am currently renting it out ...

That research and innovation has and continues to drive the startup community and to attract venture capital dollars from all over the country.

@Zach Evanish For what it's worth I purchased a property through roofstock in Nov, and am in escrow on another one now.

And amazing how job cost can lower with the same innovations that are in other fields like technology.

But I left the farm and worked in industry, where I earned money from my labor (time --> money) to buy the 2,000 calories a day.I knew that if I saved a portion of my income and invested it in income-producing assets (money --> money), the day would come when the income from those investments would be enough to buy the 2,000 calories a day I need to stay alive (my parents were struggling farmers in what is today the Rust Belt and were always looking for innovative ways to survive financially).

In announcing plans for the center earlier this year, they described the new operation’s objectives this way: “Modernizes the Army for the future… will integrate the future operational environment, threat and technologies to develop and deliver future force requirements, designing future force organizations, and delivering materiel capabilities.”The Futures Command center is expected to lead innovation for the Army’s top six modernization projects, including improvement to its tactical missile system, combat vehicles and helicopters, defense teams and weapons.Army officials indicated they were seeking a high-tech, creative culture for the location, rather than a traditionally structured Army post.

Not to say each brokerage doesn’t have its own culture but do you want to be the newest agent in a building full of agents who all focus on investors or do you want to be the agent doing something  mostly different from the rest by getting your BiggerPockets PhD and being the innovator of your brokerage.All that aside, check out meet ups and meet people in your area that are doing what you want to do.

So far, looks like you guys are pretty innovative!