All transaction/no relationship = A lending partner should understand their borrower, how the got into investing and what their overall goals are.

Imagine turning your retirement savings into a powerful tool for building real estate wealth—without spending a dime!

Would you rather her destroy your property, your insurance deny the claim and you're out all that money you just put into the rehab?

Thank you Blake, I'm looking into those meet-ups right now.

on the one hand, if you're happy with it, and you believe in this market, and this is what you wanted, great. the fact that you're asking the question shows that you're being thoughtful about it.with that said, it sounds like you're into the deal for almost $90K out of pocket, and so if you asked me if i would put $90K of my hard earned cash into a property to get $175 month, the answer is no. 

Right now I pull county data into excel for free and upload that into deal machine.

Main goal is to start building a port folio, understanding the ins and outs and hopefully start lookin into property deals where the roi is high. 

Are there mentors out there that can guide us into searching for our first deal?

But with CA laws and 10 investors they can get into the deals with 100k and share it..

More effort should go into enforcing existing permitting laws and cracking down on unpermitted work rather than imposing costly regulations that push property owners into avoidance tactics.If the goal is to improve fire safety in Worcester’s aging multifamily housing stock, the best approach is to encourage full renovations that bring buildings up to modern safety standards—not to place additional financial burdens on responsible owners.