Having MSI will elucidate that tension because those other investments become part of your personal insurance policy.

Bad plan if you just take it to place in a checking account for the loss.Becoming a private money lender sounds hunky dory until you have to foreclose with a muscle guy or tangle with the SEC.

If you're dealing with a family member or friend, you may want to be more flexible with the terms of the loan to avoid causing any tension in the relationship.

Fortunately, there are also a whole host of investors that either can’t or don’t want to manage the deal, but who do have the financial muscle to put behind someone who does.See the original at: https://www.fortunebuilders.com/how-to-raise-capital-for-real-estate-ventures/

Considering the tension between you two, I'd imagine that this will not be a surprise to them.

I don’t have muscles to flex, I don’t have past experience to guide me.

For sure not a SMART goal, but it is helping me build muscle memory and habits that will, hopefully, compound over the long term. 

It's a whole different story being that we have tensions at an all-time high. 

I'd also like to see tensions with Iran subside and oil prices strengthen.For now, I have better opportunities with lower risk at home.

But mainly, you have to get out weekly to exercise those investor muscles and that's my main driver here.