My suggestion would be to select someone with the most forum posts or most reviews.

if its a rebrand of do hard money look at old threads on BP.. these guys while not a scam many that posted on BP lost their 2300.00 because no deals were ever good enough and so they gave up and lost the deposit.. back a few years ago it was 3k.. great bizz model make 3k and and dont fund anything or very few according to others that posted.

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After watching some of the podcasts and reading posts I am set on starting my real estate journey utilizing the house hacking strategy.

My goal for this post is more about getting advice/insight from people who have already done it.

I'll send you a message as I tried to post his contact info but BP didn't let me post it.

Quote from @Nate Sanow: Yes I own two that are near 100 years old and I will tell you they are a pain in the you know what compared to all of my post WW2 properties especially post 1980… layouts are better in the last 50 years and energy efficiency is better and I can keep going… HOWEVER to reply to the other aspect of your question, I’ve found appreciation is better with older properties in areas of the path of progress.

The post i was replying to implied a serious crime rate in CA cities.  

Tyler local, so sparked my interest whenever I see anyone post about the area.Given that your duplex is fully paid off and generating a steady cash flow of $1400 per month, it's understandable that you're having second thoughts about selling it.

I described the deal killer persona in the post.