It as took up to 6 months or longer for my clients to put themselves in a position and confident enough to pull the trigger.  

If you're confident that you can complete the rehab within your predetermined time period to keep holding costs from going over budget, hard money can work for you just as well.Traditional financing could be a road block when it comes to targeting seriously distressed properties, some lenders wont loan on a property that is not in "move in ready" conditions.

If your property is small enough that you feel confident in self-managing and hire out specific local task, then put thoughts into a system that allows. 

. #1 in mortgage by volume is known for having ridiculously high hidden fees, #2 is another household name, famous for their "every customer should have 8 accounts" scandal, both are widely despised by Realtors (you know, the people who are telling their seller client which offer to accept and which to throw in the trash).If the person you are working with comes well referred and you have confidence in them, that goes a long way.

My goal is to give you some confidence to get out there and invest!

I ran numbers on properties and comps every day for months and feel confident about this decision, especially because I am going to learn so much, so fast.

Working backwards from the big goal and physically writing down the smaller steps relieved the fear of the big goal.I personally have quite a ways to go with mine, but the little wins are boosting the confidence and fueling the momentum quite a bit!

I can state with a lot of confidence you would have been way more profitable having invested in LA especially if you had purchased one property a year at high owner occupied LTV (95% LTV).  

This is the only way to develop the speed and confidence necessary to get deal under contract.Prices have gone up; 8% in the last 12 montsh alone (single family median sales price greater Milwaukee market per MLS data), however most of my chrystal balls seem to say that  RE will never be as cheap as 2020.

I feel confident in my port-folio and ability to whether the storm (plus being leveraged slightly under 50% provides additional options in a worst case scenario should I need/want to do a cash out re-fi or sell a lower-performer.