The agent works "for free" until the house sells, so taking them out of the deal is theft, and immoral."

As you start closing deals, you will need to reinvest your profits into mailing lists and other scalable activities to grow your business.

I think a community bank would be much more apt to put a deal together for you than a big national or regional bank like Huntington.

Spend the $25,000 on a deal not a consultant.

From there once a deal makes sense, pull the trigger, a lot of folks get stuck in analysis paralysis and I’m not saying don’t do your due diligence or be smart about it, but acting quickly and with intention will benefit you greatly in the long run.

Who says there are no deals to be had? 

Hi Henry I’m looking to collaborate on underwriting and  presenting deals to operating partners. 

If you can get in before a property hits the market, you can often negotiate a great win-win deal for everyone. 

I've found that Chase has great deals (almost no closing costs) for 5+.   

Alternatively, happy to be a resource should you need help identifying opportunities and analyzing deals.