Then I would encourage you to find a part-time investor in your area who does flips and see if you could take him or her out to lunch and see how they got started, see how they manage the project while working a job, and if the conversation goes really well, see if you could fund their next deal in exchange for them teaching you their process (make sure that property promissory notes are in place to protect your position though).

We are syndicating deals in self-storage not multifamily but we typically shoot for a 70 % LTV in our value add projects. 

With the new Suffolk Downs project coming and the new developments in Revere Beach, that area is already starting to become a hot bed for investors.

You can build a house that looks great using Home Depot project source, lower middle grade material for $130/sq/ft. 

Same goes for deal sponsors - between the fees they earn and their cut of the profits from the deal, they typically earn more dollars investing other people's money in larger, lower-ROI projects than they'd earn investing their own money in smaller, higher-ROI projects. 

I have been spending too much time on the house project, unfortunately. 

I've been in Atlanta for a few years now and I work for CBRE in Project Management, and previously for a small masonry subcontractor in Florida; so I'm quite familiar with the construction industry, just on the large scale commercial side. 

Real Estate is a very exciting industry, I already have two sales under my belt within the first month, its awesome finding projects that your investors want to take on!

Here's a list of what I do use thoughAlliant - 3% of ALL purchasesAmazon - 5% off all Amazon purchases Amex Blue- 6% groceries, 3% gasDiscover - Revolving 5%Chase Freedom- Revolving 5%Lowes - 5%  (for those remodeling projects)I've covered pretty much all my big spending places with those cards and with a base 3% cashback to work with, I've already beat out the 3 to 1 points by the points cards

There is a GIANT project from a Chinese investment company on Jefferson and 21st that has hundreds of millions being invested into new SFH and retail.