Partner Driven was drawn to the N Pasadena Ave property in Waterford, CA, due to its potential for a high return on investment with minimal renovation costs.

I've been passionate about real estate investing since high school and just bought my first property.

Any other tips for a new real estate investor?

Even then some things don't always fit and you have to come up with a work around.Hire a separate landscaper to finish it all up for better curb appeal**all in all was very happy with outcome & quality** Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

It's often because people don't want to do the research or work necessary to get prepared to invest so they do things like talk about LLCs, scaling, and look online at hundreds of properties before ever seeing one in real life.The antidote is to go to real estate investing meetups, as many as you can, and never miss.

If you do 10 loans, that are all low quality, then 90% ltv would be pretty high risk.

Trying to explore if there are still pockets in Nova where the returns make sense, given the high prices.

I do have a little experience on having property in Germany but not enough to make a recommendation either for or against investing there.  

Online research will only get you so far. 

Do you recommend I have more than one lender run credit check and get 2 pre-approvals?