Account Closed That site is making the mistake it usually does with pure tourist towns. 

He did the investment with a purely positive attitude and never questioned his self one time because even though California has the highest cost for doing business it is still and will always be the state where experienced investors are positive that property values will increase.

Being able to carry a balance (even though you have enough cash on hand) is helpful purely from a cash flow perspective. 

I was recently told via messaging with a specialist in the Cleveland area that if I'm not a pure cash investor, and want to start through financing that it would be extremely difficult to find a great deal.

The 1st quarter of this year tech companies where forced to reevaluate their businesses either do to a shortage of new investor dollars flowing into companies or as a result of pure survival until the climate of tech investment changes.The Bay area and Silicon Valley have seen their worlds begin to change since the beginning of the 4th quarter 2015.

It was not our dream neighborhood, but it was a fair compromise between live'ability and the pure financials of the deal.

., title, loan, funding etc.I am looking for my second value-add deal and found a partner who is willing to invest purely financially and split 50/50 if I find the deal and do the work to rehab and find tenants (or flip).We have discussed some ballpark numbers, but I'm fairly certain he is willing and able to stretch it if the right deal comes along.

I was wondering if this is different because it’s not a pure German shepherd, or if it’s all the same.

There are more people on here that started out with a full time job and did REI on the side than those who started from purely hard/private money.

A deal is only a good deal imo if you have a way to add value, unless you are worth $20 million and purely in wealth maintenance mode.