This year, I've decided mostly to focus on flipping houses because I don't think I'm ready to get involved with landlording or hiring property managers, etc.I just joined my local REIA Tampa Bay chapter and will begin attending meetings, but I'm hoping to learn more about certain things online as well, things I've been having trouble narrowing down in the forums.I'm wondering about:•How hard money lenders work, and how you communicate with/propose deals that a person in that position.

We presently own 6 rental properties (townhomes) and have done fairly well keeping them rented for the past 4 years.

Maybe you have seen me post or comment here on BP, but I am fairly new to the wholesaling business.

I love to communicate with like minded individuals and absolutely love real estate!

There is a 4th unit that should rent for another $1500-$2000 but it has been empty for a fairly long time as they overpriced it a bit.

We'd share our goals with each other and communicate weekly on what progress we've made, what we've learned, how we can improve what we're doing, and generally hold each other accountable for becoming the best we can be in 2014.I'd like to get the group up and running by the end of next week, so inbox me asap so we can discuss if you're interested.

As of now we are communicating by email only.

While I'm fairly certain that is above any repair limit you might have set with the PM, I'm also fairly certain that it qualifies as something the PM knows must be fixed immediately whether you authorize the dollar amount or not.

The house is fairly clean with no major structural issues.

This worked fairly well, I was buying REO's renovating them and putting S8 tenants in the units with average return from 17 to 25% cash on cash return.