Just a few hundred dollars would do.Buy business cards, bandit signs, enough for a small direct mail campaign, some nice looking clothes to make you look trustworthy if you don't have them.Cheap digital camera off of ebay/craigslist.

Starting off I understand probate to be a great list but a list that might take months to close bc the nature of the probate process.Here are somethings I'm doing bc I'm on a budget as well (in terms of marketing)- Connecting with other REI in my local areapurpose: to find out intel info on investors, areas that are doing well for the wholesale approach, best practices on property acquisition approaches (direct mail, lists, digital)- Taking note on the "ugly" homes in my areapurpose: research the address, current value, building a list to check at the county for absentee owners- Contacting FSBO homes purpose: to start the exercise of talking to home owners and gaining the experience of having these types of conversations. looking on craigslist for fsbo and using the fsbo siteFrank, welcome to BP.

Currency is a medium of exchange in our economy.

As far as cash on cash is concerned, most investors are looking for a double-digit COC (10% minimum). in some markets, You will not be able to I achieve it.As far as I am concerned, I go for cash flow.

While keep hearing others setting their minimum investing cap rate standard at double digits (non-CA perhaps) or much higher than 5%, it makes me wonder: is it really the norm to have lower cap rate in California?

See below...double digit declines in starts and permits.

My partner and I dig it!

If you're playing the currency arbitrage game, that's fine, but you're gambling.

This month, we've put a live-in flip and a BRRRR quad under contract, and we have another duplex in verbal negotiations that looks very promising.It's easy to get frustrated when progress seems slow, but rewarding when I can look back at my first year in real estate and see we made it to double digit doors while earning enough to go into real estate investing full time.

There is a digital State of the City scheduled for Tuesday which will live-stream on FB.