For me, I sleep a lot better at night knowing that I'm not on a house of cards.

I know you are risking a lot less money (and in turn you have more cash to do more deals simultaneously) and it drastically raises your ROI, but I just wanted to ge the BP world's opinion on it.

If you are looking to build a brand or raise your profile, I would absolutely recommend that you upgrade to the PRO account.If you are looking to network and try to find some great ancillary services or partners to work with or maybe just develop possible future colleagues, the PRO account will be invaluable.

You raise a good point but I think we both agree that buying a new place and then finding a tenant for the original property seems like a better plan instead of his above proposal.

I recently read through as many posts on BP as I could regarding raising a small amount of money to use for my acquisitions.

We expect to be able to raise at least 30% down on a $275k property.

But I am going to email all the buyers today one by one and thank them for their card and hope to do business with them soon.It was strange seeing how many wholesalers there are out there too.

I went to HD but the pro desk told me they usually do around 3-5% discount and that is by having a Lowes business credit card.

When the time comes for you to start investing, you'll be so much more ahead of the other guys as you will have a trump card - a good profession to fall back on.

I was born and raised here on Maui and currently live on island and have a rental in south Kihei.I enjoy running the numbers, so have a look at my findings for Aina Nalu.The average price of a 1 bedroom, 1 bath unit in Aina Nalu is $241,667 (last 12 months sales).The average VRBO (vacation rentals by owner) price per night throughout the year is about $130 per night, so at 45% occupancy (conservative), you rent for 165 nights a year for a total gross profit of $21,450 a year.Now to cut away at that with yearly taxes of $877.96.