. :)  But this is what the flipping Gurus teach and many have gotten in trouble promising 40k a month and you to can do that.realization is the average person unless they have access to a few million in cash and loans will never get to those volumes..

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That’s the main benefit from pooling our money together, the fact that we can get access to deals that the average real estate investor can’t secure due to lack of funding. 

Just make sure you have access to extra funds, in case you run into surprises during the rehab, or if you underestimate the repair costs. 

I’m young and looking for deals constantly and would love to learn more from somebody with more experience then my self.

Then because he is a licensed agent he was able to access the lock box and get inside. 

They make sure you go into it with the understanding that no amount of money is guaranteed but for me it’s been a great source of “extra money” and, like you said, a way for me to stay involved with my local real estate market and learn and have access to resources that may be helpful to me in the future.

I have been getting advice to keep the dropped ceiling to maintain easy access to those.

You want the tenant to pay rent through the term of his lease (rightly so) and then you also want him to give you access to do something that benefits you.

Background: I`m trying to access some of the equity sitting in my rentals to re-invest, but my W2 income is fairly low compared to the rental and self-employment income, due to higher deductions the total taxable income and qualifying rental income is way less than my actual income.