I can't help on the mastermind front, but I did grow up in Central IL and can relate to the "something goes wrong with a property, now I'm spiraling, and this was all a terrible idea" feeling.

The trial service is useless.Since there is no ability to cancel the service on the website and there isn't a phone number to call, This message shall serve as notice that I want to cancel my trial membershipThank youJoanne Bragg

Quote from @Austin Fowler: Dear all,I'd like to share a creative finance strategy that I have used to scale to $10.5M of client capital under management and $21M of assets on the books.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

Quote from @Vince Violante: Hello, I'm Vinnie. 

I'm excited to connect, share insights, and continue learning within the real estate community.

I just took a course and was learning about market research, like looking at population per capita in an area and average income, among other things, and comparing those factors in one community where there may be a property you are interested it to another community.

This is most important in states where licensure is optional.

Hey Al if you really want it to be local bank, got a guy named Jeff Goldstein of City National bank who can help you out with this.

Excited to see what we can learn from each other in this awesome community!