Hello BP,    Recently moved to Moore County, NC for work (military) and am looking to purchase a property with the intention to turn it into a buy and hold down the road.  Just sending out a message to try and meet so...

Not saying LLCs don't have their place, but it's widely tossed around when much simpler solutions exist.

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There are plenty of brokers and plenty of ways to do things, you have to find what works for you.In my opinion there are 4 main ways to make it past the 80% + fail out rate:1) Pay huge amounts of money in marketing to pull in leads, buyers and sellers.2) Spend 17 hours (no kidding) a day calling, talking, asking, networking with people to get leads3) Ride the coattails of someone who is the "rainmaker" bringing you clients.

Let me throw in my 2 cents: it really depends what your current network looks like.

Does not mean I have to buy any.. also I am always looking to network with folks..

I recently attended a REIN (real estate investment network) meeting here in Vancouver which was great, except they charge $200/month to join their group with a minimum 18 month commitment (erp). 

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Network and hopefully in the future be a guest at the bigger pockets podcast and Inspire others like you guys do it on a daily basis. 

I also invest in Fayetteville and there is plenty of private money in that town, just gotta network and sell your idea.