Hi everyone,A friend of mine is in dire need of your assistance.

I have never done a deal but want to go strait into multi family and his training is where I think I would like to startOriginally posted by @Phil Morgan:@Samuel Lynch  I was skeptical at first as well but once I bought it and watched a few of his short training videos I wished I had done it a year ago.  

@James Fontana  Im southeast Houston :) Im not on some dire pursuit of this mastermind group but sounded like it could be fun.  

Many of the properties are in truly dire need of complete rehab as well.

In our experience, the problem is less dire amongst commercial brokers than residential real estate agents, but does still occur.As a corollary, when you do find an excellent real estate agent (or commercial broker), treat them well and they will do the same for you.

I'm curious why you are going strait to new build for your first investment? 

A house hack is like that beginner run—you’ll fall down a few times, and learn in the process (but you hopefully won’t get yourself killed) …on the other hand, flipping, BRRR'ing, wholesaling, and out-of-state investing are more like double black diamonds—they require a lot of experience, and a mistake could have dire consequences.The fact of the matter is: real estate is often a high-stakes endeavor, and the more advanced strategies (like BRRR'ing, wholesaling, flipping, out of state investing, etc.) can easily bankrupt a beginner when they're executed poorly.Now, having said all that, house hacking is not necessarily easy (if it were, everyone would do it!)...

High value areas with strait-forward permitting at the moment include Florence, Eugene and pockets of Bandon. 12 Coastal STR's for clients' this year.

May be you should be my broker, I need someone who does strait with me. 

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