It gets easier once you get that first deal under your belt. 

There no logic there, I'm just not wild about a lot of the rust belt.

Along with us West coast folks just don't know what we don't know and the mid west and rust belt gives us an education quite quickly  :)

I onlyHave two deals under my belt right now and the the HML said if i brought in another investor to the table as long as we had more than 7 deals between us not only would they approve it but it cuts the down payment almost in half!

So fasten your seat belts!

They are new rehabbers, I'd say they have about 8-10 deals under their belt in the past 2 years and their coach looks over their shoulder on all of them.  

this tends to be a mid west rust belt sentiment since those areas dont appreciate much or if they do % wise they are starting at such a low dollar amount its really nothing.. 

You have tremendous growth, and it all comes down to jobs.”The Sun Belt states are the beneficiaries of significant interstate migration in the U.S., and with a deluge of new residents, the multi-family residential sector is slated to see voracious demand, particularly over the next decade.

That might be the right solution for this particular property and once you've got a few successful deals under your belt, then you start scheduling private money meetings.  

I learned what primer was, how not to use a drum sander, why the belt on those things are very useful, how to create a jig to cut crown, and how you shouldn't try to do all that during a two week vacation.