Just this morning we spoke with a landlord that has a tenant arbitraging his property, and it's doing well enough that he would like a shot at hosting himself.

Taking financial advice from people who have made a life of consistent bad financial decisions is never a good idea.

This is a shot in the dark, but would love to see your pitch if still willing to share.

One upside to me would consistent rent scale, meaning if you upgrade one unit early, you set the table for all of the units when done because they are all the same.

So I need to get a template I can use consistently.

For instance, a duplex can offer more consistent income since if one tenant vacates, you still have another paying rent.

Learn how to consistently hit singles and doubles, and don't be ashamed to take the occasional walk. 5 years is a very short time frame to go from no RE to financially free (although you may already have property, which is an awesome start). 

I think you would have a better shot selling the loans than getting a collateral assignment against them.

Or it could be that the recipient inadvertently dropped the email (it happens).But if two-way communication has been established and you’ve found that the sponsor is consistently slow to respond, that would be cause for concern.  

I'm a small contractor and builder and I'm looking for Sub-2s or Seller finance properties in Austin Texas, and I will definitely pay $10--15 k cash, no ******** for the right deal.Jerrys deal would be sweet (for him) if it worked, ie get hundreds of people to pay you money to find great RE deals and then only pay for the super sweet deals (and then take plenty of promotional photo shots to post on the web site to impress more potential buyers for the software program and couching)Obviously the other huge issue that new and hopeful RE investors MUST consider is...