Maybe not but I suspect he is not at my level well over 3000 fundings in 17 states of this exact type of home.. but its good you doing your due diligence and getting both sides of the coin.

Congratulations on earning your broker license and taking your real estate journey to the next level!

- At a high level often people set goals that don’t align with their overall life goals.

The actual crimes were lower level non REI related. 

How did you learn to build that level of trust so early in your career?

One kitchen is for a subletter that occupies one level of a duplex. 

In addition, committing ~ $200K requires some level of sophistication on the part of the investor and you are more likely to find someone to agree to your terms in smaller transaction sizes, but even that will be difficult. 

@Dmitriy Fomichenko scratch the part about being taxed at the capital gains rate, you’re right that it is taxed at income levels, however the rest stands.

My basic assumption is I would be trading a certain level of cash flow for increased appreciation over a period of 10 years.

That helps bring back down you debt to income level.