At this exact moment, feeling the inflation "squeeze" it is a knee-jerk reaction to say "how can people afford to pay more?".

Another option is investing in real estate via joint venture deals.

Go into a joint partnership where you supply the land and they build the house. 

I'm looking into transactional lending. IF you've done this before, can you tell me about your experience? I want to know the good, bad and ugly. Thank you!

(Family offices) So when you know an investor who will joint venture with you for interest on their money, that is a private lender.

I have no doubt with all the free resources available someone can figure it out on their own but they’re probably going to skin their knees along the way.

I have an earned income job which is at 33% tax bracket when married filing jointly and my wife cannot be a real estate investor since she is on H4 Visa status which dose not allow any income generating activity.I have a strong passion in real estate.

Tell them EXACTLY what you expect to happen now that you are knee deep in this mess.

Once they start constricting due to deterioration of the internal wall of the pipe, your plumber visits will continuously increase.You will find fewer and fewer plumbers who know how to work with lead piping ... and probably none of them will want to repair a wipe joint ... molten lead solder is just not a healthy thing.  

I have dealt with just about everything a PM has to including murder, DEA busts, a two year old drowning in a pool of a house I managed, fleas to my knees, using a garden hose INSIDE a house to wash out the mess, fires, etc....