I am leaning towards private lending since the rate of return appears decent, my involvement in the rehab project is low from a time perspective, the risk can be fairly easily categorized and hopefully mitigated if working with established rehabber, and well, because I have some money to invest.

It is just that so many developers and like you said the cranes are all over the city. lol Maybe the older properties will lower their prices since the buyers may lean toward the newer buildings.One thing , the coops market is not going to do well.

I have wholesaled and rehabbed and am starting to lean more towards wholesaling.

If so they have errors and omissions insurance you might could lean on them for that.

Bill Gulley I don't think I'll have enough for a down payment with a conventional loan...that's why I was leaning toward an option.. thanks for your response.

It's very tempting (and convenient) to go after you agent over the rate increase, but those don't happen because agents want to make a buck.

As I am getting closer to being able to jump in, I wanted to start creating connections and learning my market through other investors in the area.I have big dreams, big ideas.....i've been studying for the past 5 years every avenue of RE investing....leaning towards the buy and hold strategy with small multi families and single family homes.

It may be a problem for those that are used to going to the office to pay, and if that's the issue, you could probably work out something to make it just as convenient for them as it was before.

We are in for a lean few years budget wise, and that makes life in the military less enjoyable all around.

I was leaning towards a more professional typed letter on letterhead with a hand written envelope