Over the course of time I have grown to appreciate players like Chris Seveney and some others, but it took me time.

I am NOT interested in owning any more real estate (retired here man) so I had planned on just paying my 15% long term Capital Gains tax rate and moving on to my "safe money" retirement program of MYGA's / CD's and High yield Savings account / Bonds / some Stocks.

Have you noticed how Mercedes Benz, traditionally a strong player in dealership franchises, is now moving towards direct online sales, the Tesla sales model.From what I understand, the reason behind this move is pretty clear.

If you were actually at my event, you'd know that 1) I buy at wholesale prices, 2) I buy for cash flow, not for speculative appreciation, 3) we 'create' appreciation by making value-add improvements to properties, and never speculate, 4) I stabilize properties & refi out my investors in 12-18 months, allowing more predictability in interest rates & loan terms than speculating 5-7 years out like most syndicators do, 5) if the market shifts, I'm at a low enough cost basis that I have many options on what to do with the property (hold, refi, sell, etc), 6) once investors are cashed out in 12-18 months, I'm the only one with ongoing responsibility & liability (even though it's a non-recourse loan there is still some liability I take on), 7) I project for increased interest rates (which actually just dropped .25% last week, btw), lower LTVs, and lower valuations than what the market is showing right now, keeping us at very safe levels, and 8) I only buy workforce A & B class apartments (not luxury, not C/D class) which is the most insulated asset class in real estate.I have NEVER publicly pitched a deal, or even pitched a deal in my events. 

If you took the top 3 players to lunch or dinner quarterly, you'd spend a lot less yet gain a lot of knowledge.

We had a list of preferred real estate agents we listed our stuff with to get fair market (maximum) sales price.If we wanted to dump a property below market value, we knew who the players were and would contact them discreetly - we didn't want any negative publicity.Unless you find a desperate, failing lender, don't see you having much success.

Rate will also be much higher, given that you can get a loan with a bank at 7% and you can park your money in a CD or High-Yield Savings at 4.5%-5% Interest.

Before long you'll know a bunch of the local players and won't need to share unless you have trouble selling to your list... and then team up again, meet some more investors, list will continue to grow.

Keep in mind this guy was a bigger player so he had Lots of deals out with this lender and now peer st. 

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