My partner and I began our REI business in April this year and are expanding our team to aggressively tackle the market in Southern California, mainly San Diego County.

However, I went to the first meeting and the main speaker was an out-of-town guy giving a super high-pressure sales job for some MLM program called "Financial Education Services Protection", which didn't actually have anything to do with real estate, other than he was pitching us to pressure credit challenged prospects into buying this (my opinion) predatory program.

I am looking for a mentor / potential partner whom can benefit mutually from future business.Please message me if you are interested.

The main problems with condo and HOA is that they have to be at least 85% owner occupied.

Hi Everyone -My name is Tony Stephens and I live in Maine.

This may negate the benefits of claiming the CCA deduction in prior years.  

The main question now, as you mentioned, is whether we want to pursue properties that need rehabbing or not.

My observation from being close to some of these individuals is that there are two main reasons why they often don't invest with other investment managers:1-they don't know them (trust)2-they don't like/know about their track record (competence)Since my current track record in producing returns through RE investing is non-existent, the only currency that I have going for me is my character.

Would I benefit in contacting a general contractor to evaluate or is there another I could call who may specialize in this sort of thing?

Or maybe you're looking for the tax benefits to offset other income.