had this conversation with Irfan Raza just today...

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Do you want to take the hit of US $ -> CAD $ conversion each time or accumulate US $?

We do however have a couple people in mind that we think might be interested in private lending.

My fiancé and I are in the process of closing our first deal using private money.

They are good for generating interest and sharing information, but there is no real way to track conversions with them.

I think a lot of PPMs (private placement memorandums) are pari passu until capital is returned, then pari passu until certain IRRs are hit, then the developer gets a larger cut.

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Oregon is 10 in the country for fewest defaults and highest credit of borrowers for homes.. wholesaling would be extremely hard without major budget and you defiantly need to be licensed to sell property you don't own.. state will get all over you if U try the tie it up put it on craigs list or have a website or blast e mails.. one complaint and your toast in that regard.. you need to have your financing lined up so you guy then resell.. flipping is alive and well.. but again much much bigger dollars involved than in GA ( at least most parts of GA... its like working the expensive parts of ATL price wise.although you can still flip in the high 200 to mid 300 range but there is virtually nothing at or under 100k to buy .. lots sell for 100k and over.. rural Oregon will have cheaper properties but much harder to sell with lack of buyers.. but one thing is for sure  if you do a nice job on a flip and price it right it will sell in 2 to 4 weeks at full price and you don't have to worry about folks getting loans and such.. this is not a credit challenged area like much of the deep southas for paid trainers there are good ones and there are tons just selling rehash of those that came before them remember there is not very much that's secret or knew in this industry other than tighter regulations and most guru's are not worried to much about tighter regulation as it cuts down on their conversion rates to the mentor programs as noted above.

In some areas subdivision can take 1 year to get all approvals.Even condo documents, must be drawn by an attorney and recorded at the courthouse can cost $5,000 to $10,000 themselves.Before we did out first condo conversion, we had experience in land subdivision and development which aided us in understanding and expediting the process.