In your contract with your agent, you can say that you are not willing to pay above the offered commission or agree to a minimum and have your agent let you know if a home is not meeting that minimum.

If you ever want to meet up in Marin and grab a coffee to discuss, let me know. 

I really appreciate the advice on attending a local investor group meet up.

The best place for true private money is usually in your local meet-ups!

I'd love to attend these meetings. 

Rent ready in leveraged RE in this market does not produce returns that meet my expectations of return for my effort. 

It's where real estate knowledge meets opportunity, empowering you to turn your investing dreams into reality.

And because approval is not required it usually happens the first town meeting and you now have the right to market and sell individual lots.  

With your balance sheet and cash, you can put together creative deals without giving up equity and without using your cash but you are going to need to find a market and product which has 7-8% cap rates.I invest in the northeast, Great Lakes area.Diverse economies with education, healthcare as the back bone and tech as growth.In your area, you’ll have to raise way more capital in the form of equity just to meet DSCR with the banks.

where and when is the meeting?