I am hoping someone can offer me all the advice I need to know what to expect from the lender, as well as knowing what I need to say and confidence to know I can go get a deal done.

I've been taking full advantage of the tools and resources available to agents and am growing more confident with every passing day. 

I make money off fixing problems - I carefully try to select properties where I understand what the problem is and I'm confident I can turn it around.

Reading you reply has definitely made me feel more confident in investing here in the community. 

Your numbers look good as far as percentages... a 73% deal.How confident are you in them (the rehab and ARV)?

I'm confident that--as motivated and intelligent as you may be--you don't have a sufficient command of English to fill out a contract.Next, you have no job.

The mortgage broker and buyer's broker are telling me how confident they are that the deal will close (100% they say).

RE boom-bust cycles are a fairly recent phenomenon and we don't really know enough about them to make confident predictions.

Our plan will be to raise the rents to either $600 or $625, which we're confident we will be able to get after renovating each apartment. 

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