Local hard money lenders are often not fantastic marketers so you may have more success by going to your local real estate investors association or local investor meetups.

I’m aware that the restaurant industry can be very risky, but I wanted to find out of any success stories within Baltimore city or any city at that matter.

Has anyone had any success with "we buy houses" paid facebook ads?  

Typically 60% is quite a high percentage considering you have not yet built a partnership track record despite the success you have had individually.

I say this confidently because we absolutely do our best to try to set out investors up for success.

We hosted our first landlord meets and it was a success.

I have a few friends that do section 8 and they have had great success with them.

From IRS audit experience, think of it this way:If the auditor views the hours as “unnecessary” OR over the top that had no bearing on the successful operation, they will disallow.Real world example: You live in Colorado and have a STR in Arizona.

The neighborhood is vital to your success but an agent has to tip toe around Federal and State Laws to not say, "this is a bad neighborhood."

When the owner can be located I either negotiate for a deed or move on.