Most of the other posts provided general information that is good to know but did not answer the specific question. 

Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information for the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.What is your investor success rate?

Glad to share my experience and information if anyone is interested. 

Quote from @Sherief Elbassuoni: Whenever I have cash, I put it as a downpayment for a new rental.Even if you got 4-5%, this is less than inflation, so your money is loosing valueMonth over month inflation is more current information than year over year...and it has been near zero in total for the past nine months and negative for 5 of those 9 months. 

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Thanks for the very valuable information, Chris.  

The next 2 offers started a bidding war I got over asking with inspection for information only . 

Then make the decision if being a hands on landlord is something you are realistically interested in. 

Quote from @Chris Brewer: View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Hey @Chris Brewer, welcome to the BP Forum!

I have a lot of good information on the KC multifamily market that I can send you.