One must boost their proficient skills and lead a pack of wolves.Approach To Capital Since the real estate industry is hard-hitting and challenging, it's paramount to hunt for capital that is both inexpensive and values reliable needs.

@Enrique Huerta is correct that getting outside of the city is paramount to finding Cash Flow Deals, but the concepts and guidelines they teach here are really meant for middle America where you can pick up a house for $150k and then rent it out for $1000 / mo.  

I didn't post it to be ruffled either.Well, because what you're doing is illegal as noted.Also, I have ethical issues since as brokers our paramount job is to get sellers the max income - Your's is to get a max slice for yourself.Again, it's easy enough to shut me up by proving me wrong. 

I think doing plenty of due diligence and coordinating with great people you trust to do the work in that area are paramount for your success, and investing out of state could give you great experiences.Doug

Stagflation is the paramount fear of the Fed and it's "masters" because it's a mudd-pit hard to slog out of, measured in decades most often.

Experience is paramount, especially here in Miami.

Notes are not considered to be "liquid assets" as securities as in a short holding period the note is not turned into its PAR amount or the same discount in a few days, not like stripping coupons from a bond or trading stocks.Dodd-Frank covers the funding at the table aspect, the loans mentioned by the OP are likely going to be covered at some point, residential, owner occupied.

@Jill Herzig we use CJ Hodges at Paramount Properties - 14+ years of experience, over 140 properties managed currently, ZERO evictions on tenants she has placed over those 14 years!

@Brandon Kiser I have been using CJ Hodges @ Paramount Properties (https://www.paramountpropllc.com/) for all my properties and have had a good experience.

Trusting the sponsor will be paramount to you sleeping at night, and I can't stress that enough.