Deciding to spend our retirement $$ on investment propertiesIdentifying our business strategy: for us self managing, local propertiesIdentifying the kind of properties we wanted to buyGetting to know the neighborhoods in our investment areaCalling mls real estate agent that we know (she is great for working with investor and very good negotiator)Finding/Buying our first property (2 4 units) with fannie/freddie loan (learning how to landlord)Researching and selecting full featured property management software (while waiting for 1st closing)For second purchase      Researching and talking to DSCR lenders so we could grow (small regional bank)     getting together business plan and personal financial statement     Finding second group of properties 6 duplexs + single familythird group of properties, (exploring options for seller financing part of down payment) (7 unit,, duplex, & triplexfourth group of properties, Finding a way to leverage equity in second purchase for downpayment 8 duplexesFinding a commercial broker that would give me the time of day so we could look at bigger properties (more difficult than I expected even though at this point we owned more than 30 properties) Fifth Purchase a 10-unit group of townhousesSelling first purchase (in "D" neighborhood) and re-fi of townhouses to pay off 30 renovations.Purchasing 2 more duplexes next to 8 duplexes already ownedCatching up on renos and then back on the hunt.

Thanks,Pat Hi Patrick,Just wondering how you intend to "Build relationships" with them.Invite them over for BBQ on Sunday, go hunting, build a NASCAR Replica together, go Bass Fishing?

Maybe grain silos, lease a portion of the land to a farmer who grows corn or cotton or something, housing for laborers… Banks will lend money to make these kinds of improvements.Its an undivided interest of about 6300 acres thus I only receive 13% of any income generated from the property.Multiple revenue streams already exist for the property including hunting lease, farming lease and some improvement revenue from a livestock lease.

Hopefully the binder will get thinner and this "Blueprint, strategy, map, sketch, plan, or whatever" can be more focused.Happy hunting!!

Still gotta hunt.

Good luck and happy hunting!

So my buddy is buying 53 acres with a hunting cabin/ part-time use house on it. 

General house hunting.

Happy hunting.

I'll have the cash early next week after the check clears.That is why I'm on the hunt for my next deal.With that being said, I thought my private lender's POF would suffice.