Focus on doing better deals if you want to grow the portfolio.

Especially with the 3rd party attorney offices because when there's big fees and commissions attornies will be the first to get involved plus I'm pretty sure that a portfolios buyer(s) will have their attorney on retention to help them with their business activities.

There are fewer lenders at the higher level.Look for a portfolio lender.

Asset managers also move around from company to company; when this happens their portfolio is divided amongst others, or completely handed over to someone else - things especially get lost here as the replacement(s) may not have all the files, emails, faxes, voicemails or whatever else the other guy left behind.

I feel lucky that I have done well in stocks though, I am not a bitter guy as I did make money on BA, MO, and a few others, but it was a relatively small amount of money (portfolio was never more than $60k, years ago, and overall I did not lose).If I can make a $700 return per month on a $270k investment, use the collateral and experience to get more investments rolling over the next few years, and sell the home in 6 or 8 years for $450k, it would seem that 5% taxed income on CDs is a poor alternative.

You'll need to find portfolio lenders (those that keep their loans in-house).

I got started 15 years ago with very little money and now have a good sized RE portfolio, it can be done. 8)

loopnet maybe ok but most ofmy property never make it tosuch places, also many propertyowners wish there property to be solddiscreetly.So you never really get to see the realgood dealsI have a list of 8000 buyers who areconstantly expanding there portfolio

My local bank holds the note in a portfolio loan.

It is unlikely you will build a portfolio of such properties based on the income.