You just never know where you will make a connection and what you will learn.My to do listContinue to grow our "Zero Down & Cash Flow" program for investors.

Joining a group of like-minded investors is the fastest way to tap into an endless amount of information.

I just had a fairly low offer accepted on an reo and my realtor did say he felt getting it off the books by year end was a factor.It certainly can't hurt to try, as long as the number of reo's keeps growing they at least have incentive to bargain.

If you don't know what a mastermind group is, you should read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations which grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."

Yes the equity is higher esp on your first loans, but you need to develop that relationship with the lenders to grow anyway.

No way could we grow the resort to get to 45%, unless we grow the summer to be larger than winter.

Mike, Turning one property into a loser to buy another that will have a positive cash flow doesn't make any sense yes, but keeping in mind that an investors goal is to grow their portfolio, The equity base in one piece of property (the 200k ARV) could in fact give him the power to leverage more properties that have higher individual NOI's, utilizing that properties equity base makes it a winner, not a loser.

You will probably grow to like L/Os a lot.Good luckMike

The location is optimally situated in a busy and constantly growing commuter hub and professional district.Although at present I am not a real estate investor in a traditional sense, the requirements of my operation has indirectly brought about an significant interest in it.I hope to be able to use this site as a meeting point for local investors and/or private lenders interested in discussing both short and long term opportunities.Thanks again for allowing me to introduce myself and I look forward to working on many exciting possibilities through this site.Best, Christian Crespo