I’d love to connect with anyone willing to share a little bit about their investing journey and its challenges, or someone who is simply looking to connect.

when I used a capital gains calculator online, if I put zero money down and put the 2 loans, the cap gains is a lot lower than if I just recorded 1 loan and entered the money from the downpayment loan under cash.

I put the odds at 97% an investor does very well, 2% that through no fault of Praxis' the housing market and/or the economy enter a tail-spin due to inept political leadership at the highest levels, and 1% that Brian is the biggest fraud ever to fool me. 

Sri,Are you a General Contractor/Builder or are you simply looking for financing to build a 2-4 unit?

I also need a good real estate agent as i will be entering the San Antonio market.

I guess my first question, which I imagine is similar for many who enters into this forum, is what is the best first steps for someone who is interested in real estate and investing, but doesn't have a great deal of capital to begin the journey?

Is there some reason that you or the company simply don't discuss what happened and use this as an opportunity to turn a negative post into a positive one for the company?  

Just go through them, select the renovated/closely matching ones, and enter them into a model.Here's my fix & flip model, you can see the comps entered and some quick stats below them: Then I use that comp data to adjust the Sale Price in the model to what I estimate it will be (double check the resale $/sf is in-line with the comps), then adjust the purchase price until I hit my desired return level. 

I do believe you are entering a tough market.  

Tell the tenant (assuming you smell the skunk weed) they have 30 days to get out of Dodge.BTW, if the don't open the door, use your key and enter because you feel there is a possible fire emergency inside.