When 20-30 people show up at 2pm on a Friday to see an "off market" deal, it's not really off market is it? 

It sounds like you're off to a great start with your first properties.

For those looking to house hack in new jersey majority of deals still come from MLS with a portion of them coming off market, 80/20.   

We have one right now with a borrower on 3 properties and the way it is written is their is a release amount and all proceeds from sales come to us until the loan is paid off. 

A lot of investor-friendly agents will give you first dibs on a property before they bring it to the MLS; it is a great way to get deals off the market.

They often have off market deals as they have built relationships with their owners and talk about selling, we have at least 5 off market deals.

I started working in the trades when I was only eleven so I wasn't ever scared off by old houses.

They all seemed to be reading off the same script , telling me how great they were , how they could make things easy  how selling a house is difficult without the assistance of a professional .

Hi Michael,So there's negatively, neutrally, and positively leveraged debt.You don't want negatively leveraged debt because you need to bring money to the table each month to pay for the bill.Positively leveraged debt throws off cash each month.

If things go south and the property is sold off due to a default, you'll be second in line to get paid.