One court case says that you don't have a business until you buy your first property.

If I could rewind 15 years and start over again, here are the things I would focus on:1) Buy an easy cosmetic rehab.

Hi Brandon,It's likely more effective to look for private lenders at those ranges as most investors buy cash or use private money at those ranges.

I'm trying to BRRR and add value to cash out refi in 3-6 months to buy another.  

In our little town, Buy & Holds will probably be the best strategy, but we are open to all sorts of techniques and methods.

There's too many free resources out there to find a lender, like BP and Scotsman Guide. 

Get to know them, buy them coffee and spend time with them.

The statement is buy real estate and wait, not wait to buy real estate.

Most Costa Rican mortgage loans require %50 down which we have the cash for but we don't want to tie up that much of our liquid assets in one property as we intend to buy a 2nd property in the next year or so.

What is your buying criteria?