Hi my name is James Edward Bourn III, and I am 20 years old and live in Atlanta, Ga where for the past 2-3 yrs I have been the owner/operator of Bourn Home Improvement and Repair.

There are a lot of courses out there that say you can have a positive cash flow in 3 yrs 2 yrs and even 1 year and so on and so forth.

I've been lien investing for about 6 yrs and I have always had my investment returned plus interest.

The way around this is to raise private money (notice it is different than private lending) and structure it in such as a way that your private money investors opt to receive repayment of principal as well as earned interest when the project sells.Con - Using Bank Financing:#1: They are going to check credit, Personal DTI, 2 yrs Taxes and Business income/ performance over a period of time, license standing, background check, and Liability/ Workmans Comp Ins. 

New member, 36 yrs old, living in Milford, CT.  

I'm 30 yrs old, married almost 9 yrs now, and I have 1 sfh rental under my belt as of 4 months ago that was my primary residence since 04.

Ive been here 23 yrs,& im currently selling my business & going into REI for my second career.

After talking to many investors, homeowners and flippers as well as customers that I have serviced over the years I wanted to share a view from a contractor on some of the issues I have heard that were concerns.First off I am an investor and contractor and  have been investing in multis for over 30 yrs (stared at 20 yrs old) with multis and a couple flips as well as a vacation home. 

If you owe $168k, my guess is that you probably started with a loan of $200k, which means you bought the place 8 yrs ago if you had a 30 year mortgage.  

I would love to talk to you about Keller Williams Realty.6 yrs ago I walked through the doors of the Bedford, New Hampshire Keller Williams Realty office and knew right away if that's where I wanted to be.