Hey Louis, if you are a newer investor, I suggest working with a realtor, as they can help guide you through the process for your first deal.

I am on the DNC, and have a huge huge list of all the exact call timestamps, and recordings, of the many many wholesalers that have been harassing me for the last year with cold calls, ringless voicemail, and text spam, and collecting those fees of 500-1500 PER INCIDENT is looking pretty appealing :)  Also, the services that sell the text blasting/dialers/etc are extremely shady.   

Builder ends up screwing us over and we are out $250k which we are in the process of trying to get back.In the meantime, I'm trying to get a private or hard money loan to finish the buildsCurrent mortgage 273,000Rehab 1 - 150,000Rehab 2 - 150,000Current value for both places approx $350,000ARV $1,000,000 for bothPlan is to refinance and hold as STRI feel that these numbers are reasonable - am I missing something?

So to say money for not much work shows you’re ignorant to what it takes to be an agent. 3% tops You can totally put your property up for sale on a FSBO site or use a flat-fee MLS listing service and manage the sales process yourself.

As a longtime proponent of the Portland neighborhood, I believe the proximity to the business district is a huge appeal to Millennials and Gen Z buyers.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8JoLfs6Vh7b8wTLRN-DLkjmyjk...

Which has allowed me to save and begin the process of purchasing my very first investment property.

Right now we are in the process of acquiring land to build a childcare center with a duplex on the property as a rental.  

The problem is that there's already a huge amount of condos under construction in Tulum and there's a huge amount of jungle left to be built out.

In regards to the problem of specifically finding a deal, I developed a platform with the aim of easing the property-finding process for single family properties on the MLS.

Local Facebook groups of investors or subreddits can also be huge.2) Attend local meetups and REIA meetings, these can be great to meet potential clients and other contacts to source deals3) Friends and family CAN work but you should try this: set up a class on real estate investing, have yourself and other folks speak about how to get started and Invite every single person you know and if they're not interested, no problem, ask them if they know anyone that can benefit from that4) Longer term, but you can create content on available delas for Inst and TikTok, Real Estate investing is a hot topic and not many folks use those video platforms to show people real deals and how to get started.Best of luck.