The market has shifted a bit and going forward you will need to be buying "off market" to make any money.

Any thoughts on more creative financing other than taking money out of my personal house?

Thus far I am very interested in investing in syndication deals and putting money up for equity in a larger commercial property.

He said he has seen sales like this where the seller's friend placed a fake lien on the property at the last minute in an effort to get some money back.

Hard Money total note is $187k, arv: $275k -$285k.

Hello, thank you for your response. my main goal is financial freedom, I own a corporate training business and have been able to save money, but now I would like it to start working for me through smart investments.

So I can use the money for a rehab if necessary. 

Lots of opinions out there on 38127 but I would encourage you to speak to investors who actually own rentals in this zip codeBest of luck!

We use Appfolio in our office and love it, and I know there are people out there who use Turbo Tenant as well, I actually met their CEO at a conference and he was extremely knowledgeable of the struggle in keeping track of it all.  

A house came up in my street which was at least $100k under FMV but I hadn't done any due diligence or brought any money.