Do this enough I guarantee you will get great info, insight, and just maybe an old timer ready to retire out who's open to seeing what they can do to make a deal work.

This allowed Jerry Scott and Chad Wolfe to focus on the execution of the project without needing to invest their own capital upfront, ensuring a streamlined process from start to finish.

I guess be happy it’s only a couple months and a cheap lesson learned?

Opex has been a huge hit to most property owners in all shapes and forms, myself included, but to know to keep your back wide enough to cover your own you'll be able to navigate these waters just fine. 

Anyone familiar with PMs who collude with house-hunting companys to purposefully make me more inclined to sell?

I’m here as a 51 year old newbie to real estate investing and wanting to learn as much as possible.  

Lastly, I love YouTube for learning, too! 

Im more interested to learn what I can maybe change or improve to make BRRRR strategy work, not change strategy completely where I can buy maybe 1 property a year instead of 3-4.   

At least with Whole notes worse case is you own the asset so just have to make sure you like the assets being used as collateral.

I would need to see Norada's actual investment docs personally to make a decision.