Find agents that have their own investments or multiple investors they regularly work with.

And do the regulators regularly assess large fines for non-life threatening non-compliance issues?

In terms of living on the income my real estate generates (I have a job but not a very secure or reliable income job), would I be better off staying with the properties paid off or looking for similar good deals and mortgaging them ?

Hey Guys, it's me again--you all had great input on partnerships and I'm wondering what your insights are on this one.Update-the SFH in question last time is doing great (I ended up turning it into an Airbnb which is cashflowing 2.5x more than a regular LTR), I did that deal solo (thanks to your alls input). 

These people take near total losses on a very regular basis, and I know it because I'm the one buying them back.

I'm looking for information from hard money lenders and folks who have used hard money lenders before:What, exactly, is the process for securing a hard money loan for a fix-and-flip?  

But I too have discovered that half of them will slack and slide if you don't "keep them on a time schedule" and cajole them regularly. 

Gradually, I came to almost hate rentals.Then our second mortgages paid off (we'd borrowed on our home and from family to get started), and we started actually cash flowing positive on a regular basis. 

I would find a secured credit card with the lowest interest rate as possible.

If you both have regular 40-hr jobs - you cannot qualify as REPro, sorry.