I fully support this and practice it with my clients sometimes when I know they have the money.

Lets see how accurate some practicing hard money lenders believe that is. 

*Best gift of my real estate career.2010: Started Barratt Asset Management (BAM) first as a property management co (managing rentals for other investors) while practicing some brokerage on the side until I had enough management contracts to stop brokering deals.

I am trying to find the larger owner/operators to share best practices with.

👋🏼 Quick question, I am practicing my underwriting by getting T-12’s and Rent Rolls from LoopNet.

You could practice deal analysis for Columbus or Indianapolis as well.

I prefer older books that are packed full of practical information and not written with the intent of producing ten spin-offs or sequals. 

Helpful to know any combination is accepted practice and is available to me as the owner.As for researching each professional, aside from word of mouth, confirming licenses/insurance, and comparing bids, I feel like the final selection comes down to one's gut feeling during the initial meeting and subsequent interactions.

Right now, lending practices have become pretty strict, and depending on how to cookie crumbles over the next few months to next year, they may become even harder.

We looked at several properties recently (practicing strict social distancing protocols of course, now that showings are once again considered an essential activity here) and the wife has got me thinking because she says farmhouse chic and rustic industrial themes have been done to death recently and are already “so passé, like peaked in 2016”.