I stand 6 ft 250 and It will be a bad day when some one calls my dad a druggie.Sorry I am usually here to help but this post hit home Alex Sorry to hear about your father and I hope he can get what he needs to ease his pain and discomfort.

I'd like to identify strategies to seek out locations that are in financial distress, foreclosure, short-sale, etc.

Hey guys, new member here to bigger pockets. Very interested in home hacking and duplex/twinplex investment! Any advice from people that have done it in the past would be great!

Closing a new construction loan soon in Atlanta and I'm looking for insight as a HM lender on a new construction deal. Our company has lent on several fix and flip deals but our experience with new construction is lim...

My Partner and I are looking to buy 3-5 houses a month and we are seeking a serious realtor who can bid on properties for us.

I'm not an attorney, please seek the advice of an attorney about security/funding laws.

Get with some other members in your area to get the kind of mentorship you seek.  

The flip side of that coin, though, is that if there is deflation, then you just borrowed cheap dollars and have to pay it back with progressively more expensive dollars, all while rents and the value of the RE that secures the loan also goes down in value ... if you are over leveraged and/or not hedged with an equal cash position as the OP wisely suggests, in that situation you could find yourself in the house of pain.

If it's to landlords sick of being landlords, mention their pain points, which are likely different from a probate seller or other variety.

She was inherited and has been nothing but a pain.