Current primary residence is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2 acre lot, with a fenced in, in-ground pool and 20x20 koi fish pond.

Current primary residence is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 2 acre lot, with a fenced in, in-ground pool and 20x20 koi fish pond.

I'm mainly into short term rentals, but recently began broadening my REI exposure to learning about SF/multi-family properties. 

I’ll for indebted as I’m currently a really small fish in an giant ocean.Mario

I wall fished a lot of romex and coax.

It's nice being the big fish in a small pond if there isn't a lot of competition in your area.Your area is probably not saturated with DM which is good too if you're using that to find off-market properties.

It wasn't usually him giving us information but him connecting us with resources, more experienced investors, basically him teaching us how to fish.

He must be talking to a few different buyers & fishing for a price.A $200k rehab budget seems rather high, even when accounting for local labor costs and assuming a 3/2 conversion.

It's hard to say what was really going on, seemed like fishing the market. 

Just Fishing for lender options and suggestions for strategies that I may not be considering.