I personally hate this because incentives are not aligned.If things go wrong with the property it's the PM's fault.

Even if the property is not currently on the market, it will show you a lot of info that I personally find important.

Has anyone hired someone on payroll to oversee their personal portfolio?  

In my personal opinion, that's kind of the way wholesaling is able to work though.

I am very interested in meeting/conversing with some like minded folks who may be able to offer some advice on where to get started on this journey!!

Would love to hear anyone's journey who has been through this experience as well.Thank you!

I am thinking Des Moines may be a good place for me to start for some personal and professional reasons.

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.  

Otherwise it’s families/friends/partner/sell stuff/personal loan/borrow against something else or see if someone will do a 2nd for 10%. 

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