If talking to more builders does not work out to join you on transaction #1+ and you have enough capital and heavy rehab experience along with a GC / builder doing the project many lenders out there will offer you a lower leverage loan for your first project on your own.  60% finished value and 75% LTC is probably achievable without a builder in your company for the loan. 

I originally became a Realtor to aid in getting investment properties for myself, and now I also do so for others.

. #1: Do I tell them I’m talking to other brokers?

Is it more profitable to turn a STR to a MTR for the winter months in a coastal town?

Quote from @Renee Ward: In a quote for an umbrella policy, when I see it in writing it is labeled a personal umbrella policy with our primary home cars etc. 

You already heard it above and they were both spot on.

The saying "if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it's a duck" .. well yea that applies to HOW YOU SELL YOUR PROGRAM.

We've seen our area MLS which covers about 20 counties come down to an average sold to list price ratio of 95.1% and Knox county specifically has come to 96.4 % which is lower by about 2% from this time last year and down from our peak this year of 98.5%. but it's about in line from winter 2022 into spring 2023 which was a time when rates were rapidly rising.

Being able to do your own renovations and improvements will give you a serious advantage when house hacking or even working on your own projects.Akron has some solid real estate opportunities, especially for house hacking in multi-family homes.

It is expected to bring 750k.