I'm not opposed to eventually branching to OH, currently I'm trying to avoid shiny object syndrome and focus on the Orlando market but always love possibilities!

they just pre-approved me over the phone, which already has me skeptical, considering theyre the 6th or so private/hard lender i've talked to, the rest having turned me down. granted, i only am asking for pre-approval for an $80k purchase price, and they said they can approve me for the hard money short term loan, and then once a house is under contract and meets their purchase criteria, they can simultaneously approve me for a long term loan. i checked online and their reviews are pretty abysmal, but also, there are only a handful per year, and Yelp Syndrome is a thing: the majority of time no one will give a positive review when things go well, but if things go bad, people tend to leave scathing, emotional reviews. haha. which kind of seems to be the case. also, assuming they did even a hundred loans last year, or less than 10/mo, thats a 4% negative outcome. not a bad risk...what they're accusing z e u s of though (excessive undisclosed fees, mean/hateful management, etc) is pretty serious, and it would certainly defer from working with them if it was true. any help would be much appreciated. all the best, dan

I will record everything about each deal in my notes using Obsidian to track who I’ve reached out to, keep track of information, stay consistent on follow up, and document the learnings from each deal.Doing this post because in the past I’ve had a propensity for shiny object syndrome, and I refuse to let that stop me here.

@Kyle Curtin one of the first big lessons I learned was how to avoid "shiny object syndrome"--which beginning investors are especially susceptible to...When I was an inexperienced investor, I found my "dream house", a property that I instantly fell in love with.

The paralysis is partly a personal life change and the 6 month window is when I will have more freedom to spend investment capital but i am also starting to get shiny object syndrome with pinning down my target area which is slowing down the process.

Limiting beliefs, imposter syndrome, and jealousy can and will rear their heads.

Don't waffle and have shiny object syndrome and divide your efforts between too many different strategies at first.

@Anthony Fresta,Looks like we may have a case of shiny object syndrome 👍 which I am 100% guilty of at all times of the day!

@Gregory Craig I see out of town investors (with low bid syndrome) buy property in our market all the time and lose their shirt; get brain damage in the process.

Many people never end up becoming a RE investor as they tend to get the shiny object syndrome and look at too many things at once instead of picking a strategy & following through with it!