Focus on cashflow and growth, earning money for more down payments on more properties.

Originally posted by @Michael Kinsella:I would second what @Jay Hinrichs said above...there was a follow up post where someone got a loan from them but for realistic rates 8% or so and few points.. under 6% private / hard money simply does not exist unless its a family friends type situation. that bank rates or lower right now for new construction or fix flip Generally speaking, I would be highly skeptical of rates under 8% for a hard money bridge-type scenario.Hard money lenders are getting their capital from somewhere, and those investors are expecting to earn a reasonable yield.

Dont spend your hard earned money that should be going to buy assets for a class..

I call them in-between because they are conferences, so not like your local meetups, but they are not truly "industry" conferences like NMHC, where you will meet primarily career, corporate multi-family people.Bigger Pockets Conference and Best Ever Conference are two that likely would cater to people more in your position.  

Sometimes I wonder if people just feel better about themselves to spend all those nights and weekends on real estate when, realistically speaking, they would have earned just as good a return (or pretty close to it) by investing in a stock market index fund and had way more free time in life  I realize my premise here is antithetical to the whole notion of BiggerPockets so of course bigger pockets hates me writing this, as do all real estate agents and property managers, but it’s the truth and everyone needs to think about it

You have acquired skills that are worth 500k, so maybe you can translate that into an adjacent career path and leverage your existing skills?

This property will require a pool to fully optimize its earning potential, and I've already factored that into my calculations.

Then they receive the money and you still keep your money and earn money on it.

As for Turnkey, the bad reputation was earned over the years by companies that used the word to attract investors with no intention of actually helping them be successful.  

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