Neither of us has any experience and are trying to learn as much as we can before hopefully getting our first deal this year.

Ex: Rentable podcast studio, general storage, photo shoot, airbnb experience, luggage storage for people waiting to check into their STR, etc...Check out Peerspace for some creative ideas 

You can think of whether or not you enjoyed the experience of owning a rental property and if so look to repeat in the future.

But, the experience and competency of the LO is the difference.

My business and portfolio have grown proportionally with experience. 

I know EXACTLY where and how my numbers work and if I take longer than expected on construction and the sell (dispo- Sale)Let me ask you a question, if I loaned you 100k at 20% interest and you had no money out of pocket cause you used a gap lender at 9 %, and you still made $15k in 3-4 months OR MORE (I shoot for 15% profit), would you use the hard money loan to gain experience, knowledge and then leverage into better Interest rates the more you do?

Basic information, pros and cons, a little about your experience in Detroit? 

Quote from @Taz Zettergren: @Johnny Haygood hate to hear the investment experience has started out for you this way.

If you are looking for more cost-effective options you can try roor.io or salesmate.io I have not used them yet but I am looking into them for alternate solutions.

I think we all can acknowledge that Divorce is one of life's most challenging experiences, but can it make you a better real estate investor?