And, of course, shop with at least 3 lenders.

There is an old joke: you don't have to run faster than the bear, just faster than your friend.There are hundreds of leases signed every week, your apartment needs to be more attractive than 50% of what's out there and it will be rented quickly.So you'll have to do some mystery shopping and (ideally) physically look at your competition.

Also I shopped very frugal, I would buy a lot of material wholesale or through auctions, and also I had the ability to buy from a former employer, a manufactured housing factory, that was also a huge savings for me.I had to do this deal this way.

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You will want to shop around.

I see this come up on the forums from time to time and as a mortgage broker myself here are the strategies I implement to work with great lenders1. Reputation Most lenders that I work with have excellent and honest re...

Once you know what funds you have and what you need, you can then start shopping for that first flip investment.

If you are hiring a one-man shop, the odds of that one-man being able to put the effort needed into all the areas needed across 50 or 100 units is very rare, much better service with a team that can take 2am calls and deal with villages etc.

We are a small shop in the Philly market and we try to stay in our lane. 

One stop shop.