The 90% they are paying you back is probably 1/3 of what they're actually making by you committing to a deal.

Collect properties instead of money.

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People that have "amazing deals" outnumber "people that actually have money to execute on them" by a ratio of 10:1 or 15:1.

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And you probably need money for living expenses.

And an actual lot split which was a SFH on .85 acre now turned into two separate lots, with a duplex on each lot.

It’s concerning as I have a lot of money tied up in this.

In those days it was possible to locate and tie up a “killer” deal, and close the transaction with absolutely zero of the investors own money.

(they're actually starting to slightly pickup).