How CIPS Has Helped Me So FarAccess to a Global Network: Through my CIPS connections, I can collaborate with real estate professionals in key markets such as Dubai, Portugal, and the Caribbean, where I see strong investment potential.Understanding Foreign Markets: CIPS training provides insights into market trends, regulations, and transaction structures that differ from domestic deals.Opportunities for Investors & Buyers: Many international buyers are interested in New York and Long Island properties, while U.S. investors are exploring opportunities abroad. 

. 🤔 After having the plumber come back a couple of times to try to remediate, we brought in a different plumber that provided 2 other possible remediation things we could try.

Do you mind providing some more specific numbers on your opportunity?

The friend who shared this deal with us offered to provide the loan.

To all of those providing rental housing in the Cedar Rapids market, I'm curious to hear from YOU!

I'm extra cautious when analyzing a deal like this, but a lot of them end up being great.For interest-only financing, negotiating some principal paydown is a good idea.

Everything extra was thrown into the mortgage.

Google provides an AI summary of search results that is usually good enough for a general question, but I would never give any AI a detailed tax scenario and just run with whatever answer it gave me.

I look forward to fostering a growth in knowledge, understanding, and connection by utilizing the tools and resources provided through bigger pockets.Thank you for your time,Brian Luter

@Dillon Clark-don't pay extra down on your mortgage-don't use a HELOC-save up as much as you can-hope this helps