The district created a financing mechanism where the landowner controlled the work scope and budget for a specific project and financed the project by issuing bonds to pay for the project.

I would suggest start with education reading and listening to anything about real estate; buy and hold, flips, Lending, etc to determine what part of RE investing suits your interests and strengthens.

If your on-hand funds are sufficient to pay cash, you don't need a POF....just provide a copy of the statement, which shouldn't be required but helps to strengthen offers nonetheless.Other feedback:1) Offer as a % of ARV is meaningless w/o repair #'s.    

In Mass as an attorney I just needed to apply to become a Broker (and pay the bond).

I am in the process of closing the deal on my 2nd real estate investment and I am looking to connect with a group of real estate investors in the Los Angeles area, who would like to meetup once in a while, serve as a network to one another, bounce investment ideas off each other and after bonding, potentially go in on deals together as well.

If you are seriously interested in their home to live in, use that as your bridge to build a bond with them.

The reserves are pretty restrictive but if you can use any liquid asset (cash value life, stocks, bonds, qualified plans, CD's, savings/checking,etc).Hopefully that helps.

Lol Tyler Bond Trust me - it's way cooler the that the other guys in this thread are commenting!

For many years, I did invest in more traditional invetment vehicles - stocks and bonds.

The bottom line, she needs to earn better returns that she is getting with mutual and bond funds.Greg