Trust but verify" is one of the fundamental rules of successful RE investing.Caveat: if you have an incredible, proven, trustworthy team of boots on the ground who you've worked with for many years and through many deals, and they've never steered you wrong--in that scenario, I *might* take their word for it...but, most investors (esp. newbies) don't have that type of OOS team in-place.

Hi all, I am just about looking to get started with RE Investments.About me: Software professional in mid 40s.

Of course, all agents will say "Yeah I am investor friendly but in reality they might not know RE investing like an investor friendly agent willI have an investor list that I send out 2-3 times a week with deal that I find on or off market

IF so, have him put his suggestion in writing so that you are covered in the event of any mishaps of liability.

Would rather hold to collect rent with depreciation write offs and build wealth than sell to pay capital gains 

Look forward to connecting in the near future!

I am charging a slight premium over the list price of the house to lock in the price 2 years in the future and giving him 3 options to pay the fee for the option to buy.Option 1: 3.5% Payment for the option to purchase the property within the next 2 years.

I'm just a RE imvstor tortoise over here on the far west side. 

Hope things improve moving forward for you and in the grand scheme of things, $2600 loss I would just chalk up to a lessons learned and one you can continue to teach others about in the future.

TSLA is at PE43 and has been going up for a decade (not a year) based on things that PE doesn't factor in like future grow potential.