As we got further into the meeting, one guy spoke up and repeated himself about 5 times about his acquisition strategy, his exit strategy, how he would make his money even if the place burned down, his limited purchasing power, and on and on.  

I'm also a lender with a MBA in finance and I understand the power financing can have with scaling your business quicker so I may be biased.

That's why forced appreciation (BRRRR) is so powerful.

@Mohammed Rahman shared some great advice regarding connecting with agents in your office/brokerage.In my short time involved in luxury RE, I've seen the powerful effect of an agent's network.

Don't give them that power.

@Andrew MichaudAndrew, for your first deal look at the long term resail potential for the property ( location) , and cash on cash return, meaning in how many month can you return your innitial investment, so you have enough power to invest in other things after that.Because think about that.

Smart Debt TermsDebt is very powerful!

Also, decreasing your spending rate is much more powerful than increasing income, which is something that I didn't fundamentally understand until reading the article.

The power of relationships with local lenders can go a LONG way.

Regardless of what you feel about vaccines, this would seem to me to be an overreach of government power.