Joel OwensI just pulled out my notes from my conversation with seller.

It's a matter of controlling the conversation and getting the vital information before you invest any more of your time with them.

I am meeting with a mortgage broker on Thursday to begin the pre-approval process for a loan for the investment property but just though conversation and setting up my appointment I feel that the leander is actually trying to get me to purchase my own home first.Info about myself:9 months marriedliving in rental propertynot sure where i want to purchase the home I want to live inno kidsmy wife and I have full time jobsmy wife is not interested in living in a multi family homewe owe over 100k in student loans...lol

For instance, we have some clients that are very much into gas stations and hotels, but as of recently, apartment complexes or condo-to-apartment conversions are really the big thing.

I don't have residential rentals, however; let's invite a few people into the conversation and see what advice they have.

It could be a mistake, OR someone did a perhaps illegal conversion.

I walked through the property and then just had a fully open conversation about my intentions or wholesaling the property.

I converted personal property based on it's FMV at the time of conversion for business.See how far off I am...LOL....Steven Hamilton II

Ask what would it take to make him OK with selling.Ideally, you get the seller and his brother in the same room at the same time for the conversation.

The best tip I can give you for networking is to be sure to set up some Keyword Alerts for some of the topics you are knowledgeable about, or other topics that interest you (like wholesale, Massachusetts, commercial, etc ) so you'll be notified that those words were mentioned in the forums and can jump into those conversations!