Opinions are FREE.When I talk to developers or anyone else on my deals even if we don't do immediate business I listen and glean tons of excellent information for free.

Sure, it's fun to see how much more I'm worth today than yesterday, but in terms of operational metrics, it's just not meaningful.Perhaps that is important to you, Bryan, in which case I would agree that geometric mean of the increases should give you the information you are trying to glean in its most accurate form.

You can bet I'll be gleaning a ton of knowledge from many of you and it's in my nature to want to balance that equation out.So in keeping with the "not selling anything" mantra, here's what I've come up with.

I make up for the low deposit amount by screening out anyone with any type of criminal background, requiring a slightly higher credit score than my competition and a few other factors he said he had gleaned in his 30+ years of doing this.He also said (and I somewhat agree) that because tenants value their privacy that regular property inspections are seen as an intrusion and that frequent inspections will cause a tenant to not renew.

The information we glean off the internet, seminars/courses, books, trade shows and qualified legal counsel is all just a piece of being properly informed to conduct business in this day and age.

I don't personally know anyone in RE investing so all the wisdom I can glean is appreciated.

Just looking for a free place to hang out with local investors and glean from others that have been at this a while.

Most were willing to answer a few questions, several went in-depth on the ins and outs of what I was interested in doing and I was able to glean a few good pieces of information.

First, if you have a number of properties, try local community banks or Non-qm lender for investment properties, as well as local credit unions.I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

This is the most recent iteration:I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.