You should touch your sphere of influence and see if maybe you can get your hands on some private money with a fair return to your lender.

I've approached companies I work with and told them upfront that I want to advance to the MF sphere from the SFR properties and need some past done deals from them in order to soak them in and learn about it. i found this approach to work well, and I don't think developers/agents would say no becasue this will give u the option to trust them and work with them for your future purchase, hence - eliminating the lookie-loo position.that being said, i would also love more references for past deals in order to optimize my ability to analyze the deals

Originally posted by @Oz Pariser:Read 'The Miracle Morning' by Hal Elrod.

This flip happened almost a year ago:Picked this deal up through my sphere.

And 9 oz. of that miraculous Odie's Oil costs an eye-popping 40 bucks from Rocker.

@Adam Spencer....there are better FREE ways to do lead generation:1) Call FSBO's on Craigslist or other classified ads2) Go door knock targeted neighborhood3) Grow your network by telling everyone in your sphere of influence that you are buying houses in any condition.Those are the main three free ways of lead gen.Best of luck to you!

The other is SOI or sphere of influence.

A developer across the st. is master planning 50 acres and they brought ours in to their sphere so they are footing the bill.

If spot gold is, say, $900/oz, it will cost you maybe $930 or $940 to buy a gold bullion oz, maybe $960 to buy something like an American Eagle coin.

Regardless its not a competition, who is better, Oz or USA, its how investors can get the best out of their property managers, I am sure there are some good ones out there, perhaps just have to dip deeper