Hi all,I am in Omaha, NE and have done private acquisitions for a local real estate investment company and am ready to pursue my first personal investment property.I like the concept of peer to peer or hard money lending and wanted advice or tips on best hard money lenders for “first timers”...Any recommendations?

Investigate potential partners, and people that I can find a win win agreement with.Daily goal; listen to one bigger pockets podcast per day, and try to distill one key chunk of wisdom.

The question was passed to board to make HOA meetings private if the residents become to aggressive at the meetings. 

If you really wanted to be as passive as possible and were comfortable with not maintaining control in your investment, you could invest in a private equity fund or a DST.  

The benefit of the Series LLC is that the formation of each series is simple, since it is a private document that you can create from your computer at home - which sounds like it would make your life a bit easier.

So I've been looking for a private lender to handle financing a property plus it's repair costs.

Contact a local collections lawyer and investigate your lien rights

You can actually create more “children” series from your computer at home, as they are private documents.

I was listening to a podcast and a scenario came up where a private lender promised a return after 5 years when the house was refinanced.

I’m trying to figure out what is the best way to hold rental properties. Is it better to place them under LLC’s or hold them under your name and then carry an umbrella policy to have more liability coverage?