We personally do all of those things, however what has really worked best for us is building that relationship.

Ideally, I'd like to form a relationship with a person or company that I trust.

I think I need to be more open and honest with people about what I want, what they want and how the relationship can be mutually beneficial. 

Hi Everyone, I'm looking to create some handout materials for my real estate portfolio to give out to lenders (local banks, private money/hard money ) as well as any other industry professional I want to initiate a relationship with and potentially do business.

So I was just trying to understand the relationship between the market value and the MAO because I don't understand why the people in this specific situation would ever sell for that low.

could just be a bad deal if you’re wondering how others making it work in the 5%s (which is still historically low)?

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I want to further diversify, and I'd hope that I can beat the historical returns of the stock market using leverage, and get tax savings from depreciation, and so forth. 

I'm looking to build a relationship with a property mgmt company that has the same goals of increasing cash flow.

You'll do best by building relationships and credibility with others.