It's not their money, but in many respects they have to be even MORE careful than if it were their own money.

Believe me I know your name very well as I've been following and reading your commentary and opinions for years on several of the platforms you post on and have a great deal of respect for your experience, knowledge and obvious success.

@Ben Tate I respectfully disagree that this is "poor negotiation". 

In case someone wondered what the heck @Chris Mason is saying in the above post,you may want to check out this link on investopedia.With respect to the second question in Chris' above sentence: I'm wondering if this would only be relevant when looking at a commercial loan?

Accurately pulling comps, being respected by lenders, having a leg up with sellers on legitimacy, being able to monetize the leads that want top dollar, and pulling lists I mentioned on your other thread @Henry Montgomery III . 

Respectfully I will say that with $70,000 you can not touch anything in this area.

@John Higgins With all due respect, you don't have a development deal, you have a speculation opportunity which to me is more about investor psychology.

(Respect to starting real estate agents because it's easier to say you want to do million dollar listings than it is to find people for you to list their million dollar house..... especially when your 21 ) I might re activate it when I get a couple of properties under my belt and start selling them so I don't have to pay someone else commission) Im debt free and my only real liabilities are a car note and my rent, which is dirt cheap.

Are these respectable returns.

Hey guys so i recently talked to a very well seasoned and respected investor in the washington DC maryland area about investing and he said he would recommend wholesaling and bird dogging (where its legal) as the best stratergies for newbie investors. he said he wouldn't recommend the buy and hold stratergy for newbies.