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This is my plan and feel free to tell me what I’m doing right or wrong.First note: i DO NOT have a **** ton of cash sitting around. 

If neighborhood class is important and you are planning on investing any significant amount of money, then its worth having boots on the ground to see, smell, and feel the area.

If you can provide them endless value and expect nothing in return, sooner or later the concept of reciprocity will kick in and they will feel a need to help you and mentor you. 

If you ever want to talk Real Estate Investing or have questions feel free to reach out I am always happy to help and talk Real Estate.

I feel like I'm missing something here, though: if @Joseph Turner gets a cash-flowing turnkey, why couldn't he take out a HELOC to at least partially finance the purchase of the IP, and then pay back the HELOC as the IP cash-flows?

Free my BUTT!!!

An investor friendly agent can do all sorts of helpful things, like setting you up with a search for properties or connecting you with folks who have recently done deals like the ones you want to do. 6) Consider analyzing a deal or two in your local market, just for practice, with a free use of our Rental Property Calculator (or other calculators).

Feel free to send your criteria over and if I see anything, I'm happy to let you know! 

My company does the following:• Free and simple MLO Licensing (22 hours online or in person and you choose your schedule)• Mortgage team to handle the backend (meaning, no structuring, underwriting or processing loans) • Competitive mortgage rates backed a company with 20+ years in the business• Downline revenue stream on the lending side (similar to EXP model.)• They do not have to change brokeragesIn my mind, there aren't many cons to this.