@Henry Lazerow thanks for putting this out there and it’s crazy how many “tester” calls we got in last 90 days.  

A global trade war is seen as the biggest observable risk for 2025, followed by a tech stock plunge and concerns over inflation and bond yields14.

Last year I used them.

I’ve spent less than 150k total out of pocket investing in RE in the last 9 years and have been buying “base hits” in Dallas and Arkansas and now have 29 SFR.

I disputed a charge on my last statement (believing I've been doubled charged for some work).

It's been a few years since I last updated the list of providers (there are older threads on this topic here on BP), but at last blush there were five trust companies offering the ability to write and service mortgages from registered accounts:B2B BankCanada Western TrustOlympia TrustEastern TrustCommunity Trust CompanyOf these, Canada Western and Olympia has the best offerings at the time.  

If you purchase below retail and include a value add, then it can be a good investment in a very short amount of time (my last purchase has value ~$1M above my costs) in 3 years and was a good investment before 1.5 years.Good luck

The last appraisal from September of 2023 was before it had a tenant and came in at $165,000. 

My experience in the last 15 years is that except in the most extreme circumstances, an investor is going to need some of their own capital to make a deal fly.

That couch was at least $1000.Get USA made furniture when you can as it will last longer and look better overall.