REITs are a segment of commercial real estate investments which are the 2nd highest dividend-yielding asset class after small cap growth stocks.

Keep in mind that there's a difference between "hard money" and "private money" (though everyone may have different terms).Hard money comes from professional lenders that you probably don't have any personal relationship with -- they lend professionally, and they are going to charge as much as they can get away with charging (as business owners, they should).Private money tends to come from family, friends and/or other acquaintances who don't lend professionally, and who are simply looking for a better investment vehicle than whatever they currently have (generally stocks and bonds).

The housing stock is older than average, and has more deferred maintenance, and I dont think it has the same "once prosperous" features in the neighborhood like other areas that have been rejuvinated (eg, old town east) ..

I started with Sotheby’s and they were taking half of my commission, I’m currently with a small broker where I get 70% and I will soon be with EXP Realty making 80% and have the ability to make 100%, with passive income potential and stock ownership.

There are as many dead beat customers as there are dead beat contractors .  

I like to stock up for the whole year. 

Bring operational experience to the deal and help operate and manage the dealIn regards to whether or not it is a good time to buy, just like investing in the stock market, it is very hard to time the market.

Unfortunately I think that real estate will perform in a very similar way to how the stock market has...many people are still flinching from 2008-2009 and they have missed most or all of the run up...just when they capitulate to the FOMO and go back into the market is when we will start seeing a crest.This is a great reason for everyone to consider the time risk elements to their strategy..i.e. are you buying the right property in the right market but are married to a timeline (flip, wholesale etc) that could take a profitable buy and hold deal and turn it into a money loser if the market flattens or drops?

I just tend to think "thin out, be agile, drop dead weight, keep progressing."

There have been many suggestions for where a dead body could lie or old stains which trigger the smell.