Giving away the place cheap only creates more work for yourself screening lower income individuals, and attracts scammers.

The bank asked a million more questions than I get asked when applying for commercial loans but it was never really in doubt that I would get the conventional 30 year loan that I wanted on my primary.

That is the thing that will eventually get you over the hump, not talking to realtors who, for the most part, don't know anything about working with investors and have heard the "once I get this first property, I am going to keep going" dialogue a million times.If you want to market yourself, the best thing to do is to walk a five-block radius that you really want to buy in.

You're close to the bus stop so you'll attract NYC goers & they move a lot around here.

. $100 million equity & debt managed.

Average home price in Manhattan Beach is $3 million.

The median price of a home in Los Angeles is now around $1 million.

The main reason is people get massively stressed and fear a multi-million dollar settlement and so agree to settle for a few hundred Thousand dollars. 

So the people pay this stuff off eventually but could have done so much more with investments.I really think those looking to retire in 20 to 30 years from now will need 10,20 million etc. to be very comfortable. 1 million 20 to 30 years from now will simply not be much and a 100 bill will be like a 20 is today with inflation.

I've seen some well-known syndicators brag about having "skin in the game" when the truth is they invest $100,000 in $25 million deal but take home $250,000 or more in fees.