In our case, we send out the project information and invite in pre qualified equity partners in.

There are numerous inexpensive ways to do this - BP, podcasts, ebooks, and web research.

@Guy Gimenez I believe you can have your credit pulled for mortgage applications numerous times in a set period -- 15 days or 30 days, I believe -- and those only count as one pull, so there's no major hit on your credit score for asking a couple different lenders for help as long as it's in a compact period.

Sent you an invite to connect...

My reason is simple: Chicago is a tough market and you can lose your shirt due to reasons unique to Chicago and Illinois.Sing and dance all you want, but investment opportunities MUST be viewed in the context of two things: First, does it “hit your numbers” – which includes such non-numeric things as risk tolerance and goals, and; Second – and this is where you fall down in my book – what are the alternative investments that also “hit your numbers” but with less risk?

Also  @Scott Meyers has some very robust training options that you may want to consider Scott invited me to one of his events and there is really great networking and you get to talk to the beginners who need someone like Scotts training so they don't make a big boo boo and then there were very successful larger operators and everything in between..

I do have 1 commercial property at this time, but a little concerned with vacancy issues unless the commercial prop were to have numerous tenants.

I am currently living in the Pullman, WA - Moscow, ID area but my MBA program is fully online and I want to move to a larger market this summer:)  Besides the knowledge I have gathered from numerous books, seminars and podcasts, I am a complete newbie to real estate. 

I am currently living in the Pullman, WA - Moscow, ID area but my MBA program is fully online and I want to move to a larger market this summer:) Besides the knowledge I have gathered from numerous books, seminars and podcasts, I am a complete newbie to real estate.

I am currently living in the Pullman, WA - Moscow, ID area but my MBA program is fully online and I want to move to a larger market this summer:) Besides the knowledge I have gathered from numerous books, seminars and podcasts, I am a complete newbie to real estate.