I still wonder, however, if cash in hand is the best way to go to acquire the properties initially, even if it is slow and one property at a time.  ?

It's currently slowing, but they're still selling.

ETC are great but they have become slow and sluggish in the last year or so. 

At some point, I am sure that I will want to slow down and convert to notes.  

It's kinda slow building the portfolio but I've had difficulty getting multi-units to cash flow like I want. 

I know the basics to the process and I know my dad could help me get started but he is older and I think he is slowing down.

This sounds like a very slow way to make a small amount of money.

Fast forward to the next day (closing day) everything is going as planned, but the rain is slowing traffic down which made the movers a bit late.

Because the speed of funding can make or break a real estate deal in some cases, investors cannot afford to wait for slow lenders.

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