He asked Rick to call me at 9:30am Friday to clear up the fact that I was not currently on their list but offering me to come and meet the team at 1pm.

Zoning is going to directly affect the type of loan you get.

But obviously, we have spent the better part of 20 years on the buyer's side of the table, so we are looking for some general advice, tips/tricks, or even the pitfalls of setting up a hard money lending arm to augment our current business model. 

@Ankush R.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

That means you can distinguish your listing by being responsive and courteous while providing a quality product.To more directly answer your question, while there isn't a great website for MTR data, I do estimate MTR rents with either the BP rent calculator or rentometer.com's and then multiply by 1.5x as a screening tool.

I would also talk to leasing brokers for this type of property to understand if there is real appetite from tenants for this type of building, as even if it doesn't directly impact your approach, it will give you some insights into how a potential buyer may be looking at it.

Purchase price: $82,000 Cash invested: $1,000 Sale price: $132,000 Off market (direct mail) purchase then Wholetail

. #2 Research the various markets you're looking into (population / job / economic growth currently going on in those markets) and then make your selection. #3 Start working with an investor focused lender / realtor / property manager and get good at analyzing numbers. #4 Once you're comfortable with everything and you find a deal you like, pull the trigger.

Relationships are everything in this business.Our current land development pipeline now comes from relationships with a local landowners.How are others sourcing deals?

We are currently working through town approvals on a small mixed use development.