My mom's actually been putting money in to a separate account since elementary school when she noticed that I was constantly watching HGTV and Flip This/That House instead of Cartoon Network like most other fifth graders.

They always let it get to the final stages and the cough up the money then next month rolls around and they don't pay.

This notion works for almost all sales situations.But deals fall out of the funnel or get stuck at every stage of the game.

I think the lack of collateral based lending is going to force many investors to do more flipping for cash-flow and to show more income rather than a strait buy and hold, at least during their growth stages.

Hi Joel,At this early stage, any general tips or things to look out for for foreign investors would be helpful, but perhaps a lot of that is state specific?

I like the idea of multi-tenant buildings and certainly portfolio folks, though I doubt I could afford those strategies w/o financing.At this stage, I think wholesale may be the way to go, but how do I go about finding a reputable wholesaler?

Going through leads and follow-up takes a tremendous amount of time.I am at the stage in my business that I want to grow but am honestly working 12 hour days.

At that stage in our lives, our thinking was more whether we could afford a house, rather than how nice a house we should buy.

Borrowing 96.5% for 30 years, makes sense to me at this stage of your RE career.

I am currently working on getting my Home staging certification as well.