Long post, BLUF: New to REI; looking to build relationships in Kentuckiana.Hi everyone, my name is Adam and I’m new to Bigger Pockets.

That is why I use software that allows me to block partial payments. 

What bothers me about bigger pockets is a lot of people like myself are starting out in this game to build capital.

I have less than $1,000 in the bank for starting chips, and I need about $6,000 from my first flip because that will jump start my business to bigger and better deals/properties

The Bigger Pockets buy & hold analysis calculator does not take into account the tax benefit of long term ownership, which is substantial.

I'm an expat newbie investor and  bigger pockets newbie, living oversees in Austria and I am very interested in investing in SFHs between 50-100K in the Columbus, OH area focusing on Buy and Hold (rentals).Currently I am looking to build connections to home-in on interesting opportunities as well as to start building a team local to the area.Looking forward to meeting some of the locals here! 

A minimum response would leave this industry largely as it is but both tighten regulation and insist that a bigger proportion of the balance sheet be financed with equity or credibly loss-absorbing debt. … A maximum response would be to give the state a monopoly on money creation.”http://positivemoney.org/2014/04/strip-private-ban...

I would double and triple check my numbers and maybe even ask about them on Bigger Pockets before asking family and friends for money.

I started looking for podcasts and books and came across bigger pockets. 

Is this simply a matter of the bigger players not wasting there time on smaller liens or is there an underlying correlation to the property/likelihood of redemption?