I see this come up on the forums from time to time and as a mortgage broker myself here are the strategies I implement to work with great lenders1. Reputation Most lenders that I work with have excellent and honest re...

You will want to shop around.

The polarized extremist nut jobs on BOTH sides seem to have taken the steering wheel and one is yelling to drive us off a cliff the other yelling to drive straight into it and us sane people are just in the fetal position rocking back and fourth trying to wake up from this damn nightmare that the crazies have broke out the nut-barn and took over......Here is what he said, verbatim (parenthesis are mine, the rest is his):"So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous... whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light... and I think you said that hasn't been checked but you're going to test it.

Once you know what funds you have and what you need, you can then start shopping for that first flip investment.

One stop shop.

If you are hiring a one-man shop, the odds of that one-man being able to put the effort needed into all the areas needed across 50 or 100 units is very rare, much better service with a team that can take 2am calls and deal with villages etc.

I am also considering just running the convenience shop for awhile and later adding in the gas station if it makes sense. 

We are a small shop in the Philly market and we try to stay in our lane. 

And when you're shopping for your replacement properties in your 1031 exchange you'll also want to pay special attention to the current insurance on the property.

.), rentometer, and calling competitive properties to "price shop".