Build your team of players who are already performing the way you want to.

Private equity firms seem to favor larger operations with scalable systems, while smaller mom-and-pop firms are often acquired by local players or regional operators looking to expand their footprint.If you’re looking for actionable intel, reaching out to brokers specializing in the sale of PM firms could provide useful leads.

Commercial brokers as part of a sale have a lot more documentation they need to gather and the transaction has a lot more players and is complex3.

A mortgage lender can help determine if refinancing or tapping into equity might allow you to acquire additional properties.Consider a 1031 Exchange: If you're open to selling a current property, a 1031 exchange can defer capital gains taxes while enabling you to upgrade to a larger or more profitable asset.

Refinances are still active, slim pickings but some players are out there who are direct lenders, flip loans are also available (75-100K) min property other than conventional and gov backed loans.  

I guess it is because I grew up being a basketball player that I am willing to be coached and hear buyers out.

Hiring one B player brings everyone down and having a team of B players actually makes you a C team.

Keeping your current townhouse rented enables tenants to continue paying down the mortgage while you scale.2.

I get FinTech is a high-risk activity, but imagine the industry will consolidate to one or a few strong players.

We do not know if big players are shorting their own positions because they plan on collapsing the bubble.I do hope Jerry Shen was able to turn his fortune from Yahoo!