Talk to the smaller community and portfolio banks that operate only in the New England region.

Saying Southeast NC covers a large area - from Fayetteville to Wilmington and everything in between and prices vary widely in that region. 

Toronto is unique Right?

You may have a unique benefit in that both you and your wife are VA-eligible, which *may* possibly mean that you could move out of your VA home, rent it out... then go on and buy another house VA, but this time with your wife's VA eligibility instead of your own, which is already being used for your prior home that's now a rental. 

This will allow each partner to utilize a strategy unique to his/her own situation without impacting the business or other partners.Because m the parent is an LLC, it does not have to distribute profits on a percentage of ownership basis like Corps do (because Corps have shares and dividends are issued per share).ExamplePartner 1 sets up S-Corp and invests is Parent LLC (50% stake).

I lived there for 20 years before realizing I wanted something bigger with my life so I moved back to the southern California region where it was then that I was introduced to real estate and investing in general.  

It is a case of your $100,000.00 representing some other form of value unique to you.

I’ve been told this is the most unique meeting in the Atlanta area.

A loan officer with Banner Bank (a smallish regional bank) told me they can do a cash out refi on a nonowner occupied 1 to 4 unit property up to 70% loan to value at any time, even for the 5 to 10 mortgage crowd. 

Based on the number of investors we know, and the market we have seen for HUD properties in Florida, we set up a "bidding machine" for investors that specifically targets HUD properties.We send weekly spreadsheets of "regions" grouped by counties.We have customized spreadsheets for each investor that tracks progress.We treat this as an actual business silo that our investor clients love, because all the heavy lifting is done.As a Real Estate Brokerage you need to:Define an opportunityDifferentiate yourself from every other competitor out thereMake it simple for your clients to do business with youShare their pain AND their joyDo whatever you can to continue to make your relationship a win/win environmentToday was an example of this strategy as we won three homes for three separate investors, and all of them are thrilled.